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Last week, in his first speech on immigration in two years, Gordon Brown trumpeted the merits of the Points Based System (PBS) for immigration and citizenship. He claimed that &quot;together they constitute a fundamental reform of a decade&#39;s old system &#8211; a reform founded on the British values of personal responsibility and civic duty.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/conservativehome.blogs.com\/platform\/2009\/11\/sir-andrew-green-the-points-based-system-is-a-potential-disaster.html\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministers have perfected a patter when talking about immigration. \u201cWe\u2019re sorry \u2013 we\u2019ve made mistakes, but we\u2019re now getting it under control with our new, tough, Australian-style Points Based System\u201d, they say. 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