What those on the left or so called progressives have never seemed to understand is what really drives the anti-immigration impulse of what ought to be their ''natural'' voters. Yes there is racism and xenophobia but what really drives it is the fact that each new group of immigrants inevitably settles in the areas that are least able to cope and both the local population and the incomers are left sink or swim.
It has long seemed to me that if government encourages and often organises immigration then it should also take responsibility for those that arrive. Perhaps something like the billetting officers that placed evacuees during WW2. I would suggest that they start in the under occupied properties in places like Belgravia and the wealthy leafy suburbs of the prosperous cities instead of leaving them to find places in already poor and deprived areas.
I have long thought that Russel Brand is a ghastly sub-human and his "joke" phone call with Jonathon Ross persecuting an old man confirmed it.
But how on earth can he get a fair trial for alleged sexual activity more than 20 years ago? Even if he had an encounter he has probably forgotten it . How can he defend himself?
Going after Irish Republicans who support Palestine in the New Statesman? What year is it?
What those on the left or so called progressives have never seemed to understand is what really drives the anti-immigration impulse of what ought to be their ''natural'' voters. Yes there is racism and xenophobia but what really drives it is the fact that each new group of immigrants inevitably settles in the areas that are least able to cope and both the local population and the incomers are left sink or swim.
It has long seemed to me that if government encourages and often organises immigration then it should also take responsibility for those that arrive. Perhaps something like the billetting officers that placed evacuees during WW2. I would suggest that they start in the under occupied properties in places like Belgravia and the wealthy leafy suburbs of the prosperous cities instead of leaving them to find places in already poor and deprived areas.
I have long thought that Russel Brand is a ghastly sub-human and his "joke" phone call with Jonathon Ross persecuting an old man confirmed it.
But how on earth can he get a fair trial for alleged sexual activity more than 20 years ago? Even if he had an encounter he has probably forgotten it . How can he defend himself?