Ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

[joebloggs]

the last Tory gov, that's Thatcher brought in a 'primary purpose rule' , oh was there slavery in the 1980's. it seems only 30yrs ago

"the primary purpose rule", which was imposed by the Conservatives in 1993. It required that someone wishing to follow his or her spouse into Britain to prove that "the marriage was not entered into primarily to obtain admission to the UK". Proving a negative, as the rule obliged the candidate to do, was extremely difficult, and large numbers of spouses were refused entry into Britain as a result.

Labour abolished that rule soon after the election in 1997.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ain-today.html

what is todays situation ? do you think a British citizen or someone who is a legal resident in the UK should have the legal right to bring their spouse and family to the UK ?

[Dedworth]

the last Tory gov, that's Thatcher brought in a 'primary purpose rule' , oh was there slavery in the 1980's. it seems only 30yrs ago

"the primary purpose rule", which was imposed by the Conservatives in 1993. It required that someone wishing to follow his or her spouse into Britain to prove that "the marriage was not entered into primarily to obtain admission to the UK". Proving a negative, as the rule obliged the candidate to do, was extremely difficult, and large numbers of spouses were refused entry into Britain as a result.

Labour abolished that rule soon after the election in 1997.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ain-today.html

what is todays situation ? do you think a British citizen or someone who is a legal resident in the UK should have the legal right to bring their spouse and family to the UK ?

So 1993 not Mrs Thatcher ..........brought in by Majors Govt that was only on the books for 4 years. I wonder how many marriages of convenience, cousins from the sub continent etc, criminals, terrorists, sick etc came in during the period 1997-2010