Britain has crushed immigration, and harmed itself

Anon84 28 points 6 comments May 30, 2026
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faragon

https://archive.is/RsXYO

quaddoggy

Transpose ‘Britain’ and ‘immigration’ for a more accurate title.

MrBuddyCasino

Say what you will about Soviet Russia, their propaganda was not this ham-fisted.

NordStreamYacht

Dawood Ibtehsam, Chetal Patel, Jarmila Entezari: just your average British name. Also fascinating: Nigerians earn more than Indians in the UK.

bestouff

In short : > Successive governments have succeeded in making Britain less attractive to immigrants. Unfortunately, they may also have made the immigrants who arrive less attractive to Britons. As the number of migrant workers has collapsed, asylum-seekers have become a bigger part of the mix

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