Comments on: Newsnight immigration poll

By: Mike "the oracle" Richardson

Mike "the oracle" Richardson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:25:21 +0000

Both STUNNED entries above – i have to agree with you both , i too travel around and meet people from all backgrounds – their views also don’t tally with the POLL results / it does’nt take much working out to see why Labour are losing so much support to parties like the BNP ! The immigrant situation is but one of the reasons Labour are losing support so rapidly amongst their grass roots . The only consolation for Labour is that the majority of the non white immigrants vote Labour . Ken Livingston tried to harness the non white vote in London & smear Boris Johnson as racist – poor show Ken.

By: equally stunned

equally stunned — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:25:33 +0000

I also question the results. As a travelling consultant I meet a new audience every week in all parts of the UK. I have me t no-one, yes absolutely no-one…. who believes that immigration has (overall) benefitted the country. However, people FEAR to say so, I thought twice before even writing this. One thing I have found agreement on however is this – people LEAVING the UK are highly qualified / 40% tax / children in private education etc. This is VERY revealing, with quotes such as ‘it no longer looks / feels like my country anymore’. Be warned, this is not an exaggeration, and for those who wil quickly try to see this comment as bigoted… not all of these people are white…wake up and see the reality before it’s too late.

By: stunned Brit

stunned Brit — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:20:03 +0000

41 percent think immigration does more help than it does harm. I am completely stunned by that survey’s results, that so many people think immigration is a good thing. This survey cannot be genuine? I always assumed it would be more like one percent of the British population would think immigration was good thing. It just shows that you cannot extrapolate from personal experience. At school and at work I have never met anyone who thinks immigrants are a good thing. Oh well, I was wrong.

By: Barbara Epstein

Barbara Epstein — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:40:11 +0000

Despite the belief by the BNP and some Brits, most of those who reside in the U.K have come from immigrant stock and a good thing too!

By: Tony Starks

Tony Starks — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:02:38 +0000

I think immigration is the best thing for the UK

By: wolf

wolf — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:05:21 +0000

Cant speak for all immigrants but suspect Poles are more interested in the Polish scene than English elections especially with the ever-controversial Kaczynski brothers. I suspect it would be much more interesting to know who the English in France and Spain will vote for – suspect the Tories may have an edge there. Will immigration affect the Labour marginals in Kent? How do the trade unions feel about temporary workers? What does ‘British jobs for British workers’ mean? Will Turks be pleased about the Labour Party’s apparent support of a Kurdish autonomous region in Turkey? As I was once reminded in London there are no black people but Jamaicans / sierra Leonians / etc all with different views on the world. suspect Labour was very keen when Jamaicans with their left – wing views came to England , less so when white South Africans came after apartheid ended.

By: John T

John T — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:29:15 +0000

I think it’s the Sunday Express

By: Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP)

Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:25:12 +0000

Philip,

What paper is it in.

Peter.

By: Philip Thompson

Philip Thompson — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:09:23 +0000

Mike Smithson is reporting a new ICM poll: 43(+3)/35(nc)/15(-3)

Quite a good poll post-Queens Speech. I agree with the analysis that all the publicity this week has been back on the 2 parties and not on the LD Leadership contest. Must be concerning to the LDs that they drop straight back down and to Labour that their big set piece hasn’t brought a bounce, at least in this poll.

Anthony’s predictor gives 328 seats for the Tories on these figures, the Baxter one says 325, so a wafer-thin absolute majority with either of them.

By: Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP)

Cllr Peter Cairns (SNP) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:08:52 +0000

Whoa people, calm down it’s only a blog for goodness sake.

I don’t blame Tesco’s as such and as I said in earlier posts about renewables I certainly don’t want to preserve the “Highlands in Aspec”.

Colins point was that we are over populated and in danger of destroying our enviroment in part because of it, and he then quoted a series of statistics about habitat loss.

My point, which I thought was clear, was that habitant loss has nothing to do with feeding an extra couple of million and everything to do with the life in Britain has changed in the last two decades as we have become a more affluent consumer society.

“Blame Tescos” wasn’t meant to be taken literally, but rather as an illustration that the causes of rural change are driven by domestic demand not migration.

Nicholas,

I don’t think the British are Lazy or work shy, or that migrants are harder working.

What I do think is that by and large they are just like us.

I’ve heard a string of politicans over the last year or two talking about people who come to Britain, have to understand the British traditions, of “hard work, fairness and decency”, and to be honest I find it arrogant and condescsending.

I haven’t travelled that much abroad but my experience of North America and Continental Europe and of people here from other countries is that by and large they are hard working fair decent people… Just Like us.

Pointing out the unsavoury parts of our society does no harm when people are suggesting that migrants don’t have the same virtues as “We British”.

Increased migration is a feature of the 21st century and we should deal with it, and plan better for it, and it’s not a crisis.

Peter.