"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 · Yesterday, 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!

Eurosceptic Atlanticist · Today, 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.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,284	"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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