Concerning current debates on immigration, this is pertinent
“On the issues dealt with by the Bill we are in the grip of forces which, because of
the large influx of immigrants into Britain, we now seem unable to control. Racial
violence is occurring with increasing frequency. The British people are sick at
heart about it all. We badly need honest and forthright politicians to express their
feelings without fear of being condemned on moral grounds.”
That is a quote from Tory MP Ivor Stanbrook during a debate on the Immigration Bill in 1981. Continue reading The hate-on-immigrants playbook