"60% say UK has too many immigrants, 3 in 4 claim there are tensions" - new BBC poll

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 01:24 AM

“Britons fear race violence” - the title of a BBC website report (linked to below) on a BBC opinion poll in which 60% of 1000 people questioned by MORI said that “the UK had too many immigrants and half wanted foreigners encouraged to leave.”

The BBC report about the new MORI opinion poll claimed that “three out of four people thought there was now a great deal or a fair amount of tension between races and nationalities.” It also claimed that nearly two in three feared tension “was certain or likely” to “lead to violence”:

More on this at:

BBC NEWS | UK | Britons fear race violence - poll

BBC NEWS | UK | Why immigration is no longer a taboo

Two-thirds of British residents fear violence as migrant tensions rise | the Daily Mail

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 01:36 AM

Please also see:

"Canada is too accommodating to immigrants say 61% in new poll"

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 01:39 AM

More at:

"Immigration - it is worse than Enoch Powell predicted" (article by John Laughland)

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 01:44 AM

More at:

"The mentality of 1968" - Washington Times article on the Enoch Powell 1968 speech

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 02:09 AM

More at:

"Immigration - was Enoch Powell right?" asks Rageh Omaar

Britannist · 18-04-2008, 02:18 AM

More at:

"Immigration - an inconvenient truth" - new edition with Rageh Omaar on 21.4.2008

Earthling · 11-05-2008, 11:14 PM

Yes, pretty much everyone in the country thinks the same, the House Of Lords and opposition parties are telling the government Immigration should be limited, but will the "listening" PM listen? NO!

Westcountryman · 12-05-2008, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earthling

Yes, pretty much everyone in the country thinks the same, the House Of Lords and opposition parties are telling the government Immigration should be limited, but will the "listening" PM listen? NO!

The problem is that there's not an awful lot the government can do about it. Limiting immigration from other EU countries is not possible.

Britannist · 12-05-2008, 02:18 PM

You are right, of course, Eurosceptic Atlanticist.

While this Labour shower in power cannot stop immigration from the EU (as long as we remain in the EU) they do not have to encourage it. And encouraging EU immigration is something they have been doing for years.

I read a while back that a UK trade union attended a jobs fair in Poland to encourage people to come and work here - and most trade unions, are, of course, a part of the Labour 'movement' (i.e. affiliated to the Labour Party).

Imperium · 17-05-2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist

The problem is that there's not an awful lot the government can do about it. Limiting immigration from other EU countries is not possible.

The problem surely is and always has been the mass immigration of Third World immigrants of racially diverse origin and culture to a small island where the indigenous peoples were never consulted on whether they wished their country to be invaded?

The migrant workers from other parts of the EU generally return to their countries of origin and whilst here do not sponge off the host population.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,431	"60% say UK has too many immigrants, 3 in 4 claim there are tensions" - new BBC poll “Britons fear race violence” - the title of a BBC website report (linked to below) on a BBC opinion poll in which 60% of 1000 people questioned by MORI said that “the UK had too many immigrants and half wanted foreigners encouraged to leave.” The BBC report about the new MORI opinion poll claimed that “three out of four people thought there was now a great deal or a fair amount of tension between races and nationalities.” It also claimed that nearly two in three feared tension “was certain or likely” to “lead to violence”: More on this at: BBC NEWS \| UK \| Britons fear race violence - poll BBC NEWS \| UK \| Why immigration is no longer a taboo Two-thirds of British residents fear violence as migrant tensions rise \| the Daily Mail

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,431	Labour, immigration, EU, trade union, Poland, affiliated You are right, of course, Eurosceptic Atlanticist. While this Labour shower in power cannot stop immigration from the EU (as long as we remain in the EU) they do not have to encourage it. And encouraging EU immigration is something they have been doing for years. I read a while back that a UK trade union attended a jobs fair in Poland to encourage people to come and work here - and most trade unions, are, of course, a part of the Labour 'movement' (i.e. affiliated to the Labour Party).

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