Time to Emigrate? [Hardcover]

'Unashamedly contentious.'

`Catches the Zeitgeist.'

'Frank... and even affectionate.'

`I love the book.'

`Provocative.'

In an explosive new book, "Time to Emigrate?", the author George Walden concludes that the future is so uncertain and pessimistic for millions of middle class families that the only secure option is to emigrate. This sober factual overview of day to day life in Britain, by a former government minister, MP and father of three children shows how middle-income earners such as nurses, small businessmen, police officers and teachers are hardest hit and are no longer represented by Government or the authorities. Written as a letter from a father concerned about his children's future and the impending pessimism within our country, Walden outlines a series of breaking points to life in Britain. The idea for "Time to Emigrate?" first came about when one of George Walden's sons asked him whether he should emigrate. He set about writing down a few of his thoughts in a letter. The notes grew and grew. When Walden discovered that many of his son's generation were considering the same question he decided to use his notes for a book, "Time to Emigrate?" an exceptionally provocative book that will be furiously debated in the media as he attacks the onslaught of multiculturalism.

In an explosive new book, "Time to Emigrate?", the author
George Walden concludes that the future is so uncertain and pessimistic for
millions of middle class families that the only secure option is to
emigrate. This sober factual overview of day to day life in Britain, by a
former government minister, MP and father of three children shows how
middle-income earners such as nurses, small businessmen, police officers
and teachers are hardest hit and are no longer represented by Government or
the authorities. Written as a letter from a father concerned about his
children's future and the impending pessimism within our country, Walden
outlines a series of breaking points to life in Britain. The idea for "Time
to Emigrate?" first came about when one of George Walden's sons asked him
whether he should emigrate. He set about writing down a few of his thoughts
in a letter. The notes grew and grew. When Walden discovered that many of
his son's generation were considering the same question he decided to use
his notes for "Time to Emigrate?" an exceptionally provocative book that
attacks the onslaught of multiculturalism.

Why has there been a sharp rise in emigration, particularly
amongst the young? Why is no one talking about what's happening in our
country? Why do we all have to watch our tongues, and think the same?

If an Englishman is no longer at liberty to say out loud and in all honesty
what he sees before him, what's the point of remaining English?

In Time to Emigrate? George Walden answers these questions in a candid
letter to a son and his wife who are thinking of emigrating. What are the
prospects for a family on average income in Britain? Should they stay or
should they go?

No one has written more truthfully and forcefully, as well as wittily and
humanely, about immigration, crime and security, or the simple business of
getting by amidst the growing uncertainties hanging over the future of life
in Britain.

George Walden is a former Booker Prize chairman, the secretary of the Russian Booker Prize and a frequent cultural commentator on television and radio, as well as a prolific reviewer in all major newspapers. He was a Tory minister and MP for Buckingham.