Quote Originally Posted by cayambe View Post
And how would you resolve the issue - or is it that you don't see it as a problem?
It depends what "the issue" is.

Is the issue really the small boats landing on our beaches or is it the concept of immigrants in general?

Prior to the Brexit vote the far right (inspired by the likes of Farage) started a deliberate campaign to whip up hatred of Eastern Europeans and warned that millions of Turks would arrive in the UK if/when Turkey joined the EU.

No-one knows for sure what impact that campaign had on the ultimate result, but it does seem clear that, for many on the right of the Conservative party, employment of similar tactics is now seen as their best chance of clinging on to power.