Tax the rich, don't scapegoat refugees
In a recent Mori poll four out of 10 white people said they wanted to live in area with people of the same ethnic background. More older white people than younger felt this way. Any way you look at it, and even taking into account the smallness of the sample - just 1000 - the figure is shocking. It must reflect hardening attitudes to immigration, or specifically, towards asylum seekers, particularly among working class people. The same poll showed that the issue of immigration had risen up the list of people's concerns. It was the third most important political issue, after health and...