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A response to "what about this Windrush thing then" on a different forum, which is a classic of the genre:
"In answer to the OP, in relation to the windrush and early immigration from the commonwealth, I have no problem with that.
However, I do worry, like Enoch Powell at the sheer numbers of immigrants into the country since and the effect it has had in turning our country into something else entirely.
I have always thought that immigration works and is acceptable among the host population if the numbers are controlled and we allow people to integrate properly into the country & culture and settle among our communities in numbers that do not alienate the locals etc. ( I am thinking of towns in east anglia which have suddenly become 50% east european for example....with the inevitable backlash) In rough terms, I would say that around 10 - 15% of the population works......
However, there is a tipping point above which, it produces negative reaction, is not good for country and heaps intolerable burdens on our already overstretched services and systems. And I happen to think that we are well past that point now. Perhaps he was right after all, we simply cannot keep our doors open indefinitely.......I also happen to think that too many actually encourages racism and xenophobia, as people become frightened and see their country and way of life changing.
Does this make me a nazi in anyones eyes? I do hope not...."