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You could equally argue that, until very recently, merely suggesting that immigration needs some sort of regulation gets you labelled as racist.
Just because the UK isn't swamped with millions of eastern Europeans claiming benefits, as you put it, that isn't an argument for complete freedom of movement. If we're going to discuss this in black and white terms then we're not going to get anywhere.
The_Kindness_of_Trees
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Equally, it isn't swamped with millions of eastern Europeans claiming benefits.
The reality is somewhere in between, where, due to an ageing population, immigration is needed to ensure the country has the workers it requires to function in the future. But no politician seems brave enough to make that point, due to the poisonous atmosphere this current shower of bastards (and I'm including all political parties in this) have created.
Anyway, historically this country has benefitted enormously from immigration and the vast majority of 'native' people are descended from immigrants of some ilk.