With every finely honed action and comment, Mr Cameron, spins the axis of Britain ever further to the right. Today's speech about illegal immigration panders to the ever slavering tabloids' wettest dreams and pushes us as a nation towards very uncomfortable historical memories.

Today, he wants us to report illegal immigrants, or our suspicions of who we think might be one. A fine opportunity for grudges and grievances to be aired out for one thing; for another, its not too many steps away from having people wearing stars. I don't like this at all.

I want to be proud to be British. How can I when the government are weaving dark spells like this?