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This ^^
Tories repeatedly tried to neutralise UKIP by adopting its language and positioning but ended up getting UKIPd. Especially once Johnson culled the anti-brexit tories.
It's a lesson for Labour: You can't try to appease anti-foreign sentiment (either anti-EU or anti-immigration) and hoping it will go away as you just end up feeding it.
nonowt-
Totally!
Negative attitudes to immigration have dropped significantly now that stirring up negative sentiments during Brexit has ended and it turns out that, oh no, maybe it wasn't the immigrants?
But I do wonder if the anti immigrant card is still going to work is ran the way it was during leave... (anti muslim bigotry / themmuns are stealing the houses and jobs...) or if lessons are learned for this generation.
I mean, not feeling much love from Labour either, has it all really gone, or if Labour will push for more rights during campaigning it all kicks off again?
JWestland
Not really good news - they’ve been squeezed out by the VoteLeave Tory Party occupying their territory. It was better when they could be written off as the lunatic fringe.