UK Immigration Debatel

This article pretty much reflects my view of the immigration debate in the UK, which is largely fact and evidence free and driven by fear mongering in my opinion.



"The immigration debate reminds me of Enoch Powell"



http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...noch-powell-uk

Quote:

It is not even a fortnight old, but this new year is already worn down to its nub by nature's fury and the corrosive impact that the words and deeds of some of our politicians have had upon the social fabric of this nation. The country has been assailed by tidal surges that have wreaked havoc on some of our most ancient communities, but we have also been inundated with targeted demagoguery about immigration that is as destructive as a tempest. Rightwing politicians along with their compliant corporate media chorus have pummelled negative perceptions into the minds of working- and middle-class Britain about legitimate migrants from Bulgaria and Romania, rather than discuss the true benefits or costs of belonging to the EU. In the end, these machinations are all about the politics of fear, which is used to hoodwink the voting population into thinking that all their societal and economic problems stem from an alleged open border and a mythical generosity of benefits for the feckless. It is understandable that in times of economic turmoil many of us revert to a factory default setting that causes us to fear that immigrants who are hungry to make a new start in life might cause us unwarranted financial burdens.

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