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Posted on 08/21/2015 5:45:26 PM PDT by Steelfish
Immigration Will Be The Defining Issue Of This EU Referendum Campaign
When the referendum comes, the British people will finally have their chance to reject these open borders by saying No to the European Union
By Nigel Farage 21 Aug 2015
The results of Ipsos-MORI’s new poll are astounding - yet unsurprising. They describe the real concern that the majority of British people have for uncontrolled immigration: half of the respondents rank it as one of their biggest worries, compared with just over a quarter who said their greatest fear was the economy.
It is particularly interesting that this concern transcends political ideologies: both Labour and Conservative supporters admitted it was their number one issue, demonstrating the disconnect between the old parties’ base support and their elected representatives.
I still find it astonishing that we live in an age where the two biggest parties share the same policy on the defining issue of the time - they are both are committed to open borders with the European Union. You only have to look at the numbers to see the truth: in the 12 months to June 2005 under Tony Blair, net migration was at 320,000. Under David Cameron’s premiership, net migration in 2014 was 318,000. Different parties, different prime ministers: same undesirable outcome.
Mass immigration on this scale has never been something the British people wanted nor asked for. Part of the problem is that the numbers in which people are arriving has made integration virtually impossible. And huge pressure is being placed on public services.
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Thanks Steelfish. If there were a way to keep the EU but dump the open borders, the UK would pass that in a landslide. Dumping the EU overall will prove to be difficult, imho.
I hope, for the sake of GB, that Farage can pull this off.
IMO we will vote to leave.
I hope you are right. Are you in Scotland and is that the sentiment you are hearing?
I live in Scotland. Region of South Ayrshire, in the town of Ayr (birthplace of Robert Burns and John McAdam).
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