That catchy turn of phrase can be attributed to Tony Blair, describing the kinds of people the UK will not be welcoming on Saturday, when 10 new countries join the European Union.

The UK has long been a haven for so-called economic refugees, coming here to take advantage of the extensive social housing and welfare system, which is unfortunately already stretched to capacity by those "economically inactive" citizens of the country.

Now that the EU is opening up, the British government is waiting with open arms for skilled workers, but the Home Office is working to make sure that the UK isn't going to end up feeding and babysitting a bunch of Gypsies.

"No-one will be able to come to the UK from anywhere in the enlarged European Union simply to claim benefits or housing.

There won't be support for the economically inactive. The same goes for migrants from elsewhere in the world... they must be self-sufficient."

The proposal is that any EU national who comes to the UK will have a 2-year ban on collecting benefits or social housing, and they must work full time in that two years.

It's about time that the UK government cleans up the amount of leeches that suck on the system every year. I just think it might be slightly unfair that they should decide to get tough with other members of the EU. After all, for all these years, the UK has given food, shelter, and benefit to refugees from terrorist nations, and now they turn around and say they won't help their fellow Europeans.