In the UK media with the European elections just around the corner, there is mass speculation on the fortunes of the right wing party UKIP (The UK Independence Party) that is effectively a party that blames all problems on Europe. A party with no economic strategy apart from cutting ties with Europe, just a right wing party that is causing division with xenophobia values.
However what is more important, is the reason what makes the UK so great, and lets not dwell on an irrelevant euro-sceptic party. So let’s deal with the facts on why the UK is great and the real benefits of the British Empire and what immigration has done.
Firstly, the revered charity Cancer Research UK [http://www.cancerresearchuk.org].
Who is the Chief Executive ?
[http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/how-we-are-run/chief-executive-and-executive-board]
Yes, the distinguished scientist Dr.Harpal Kumar, MA MEng MBA DSc
Secondly, let’s look at the two largest companies listed on the FTSE-100, that make up nearly 13% of the total FTSE-100 Index, guess what the names are ?
(i) Royal Dutch Shell
(ii) The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The value of these two companies are: £269,180 Million = £269 Billion, which is equal to 18% of the annual UK GDP. The two largest UK Companies have non-UK names.
Thirdly, who is the Governor of the Bank of England ?
Yes, Mark Carney, the Canadian Banker
[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Pages/people/biographies/carney.aspx]
Finally, and very sobering, when you look at the wars that the UK has undertaken to defend freedom and democracy, and the tragic loss of life to our loyal armed forces, one has to look at the foreign soldiers who came to the aid of the UK to protect the UK. Thousands of Indians came from The Punjab; Sikh troops came to help the UK:
[http://www.1914.org/news/empire-faith-war-major-project-on-sikhs-and-first-world-war-gets-go-ahead/]
100 years on as we reflect and remember the Great War, we must always remember the sacrifice made by The British Empire’s troops to defend the UK, and even today we know of the bravery of The Gurkhas, from Nepal who are an integral part of the British Army, and the fantastic campaign that Joanna Lumley has led to ensure the Gurkha’s are looked after.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley]
The UK is Great down to the fact we have the best from our diverse make up.