According to Donna Jones, the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in - The Daily Telegraph today says it's "due to uncontrolled illegal and net immigration". Its not therefore racist to raise these legitimate concerns and anxieties. Labelling it as such, doesn't allows for a proper rational discussion. Many of our fellow citizens feel rightly or wrongly - that the country is being changed in a manner they were not consulted about. The 2016 referendum was an opportunity to give voice to this concerns.
However Rishi Sunak, as prime minister decided in a myopic political decision to - withdraw all funding to counter extremism to local authorities - according to Dame Sara Khan. She was the - independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. Consequently there was no overall strategy to offer an alternative set of arguments. This lack of rhetoric at the centre of government policy left a lacuna for radical right wing politicians like Nigel Farage to fill.
Matt Goodwin, the professor of politics at Kent University has a good analysis today in his international News Letter that goes to 41,000 subcribers in 160 countries. The title of the article is - No. This is NOT just 'far right thuggery'. Well worth reading to inform yourself of the possible causes of this societal breakdown. There needs to be by Keir Starmer - a joined up social policy across departments - that addresses these underlying sociological causes - otherwise things will only fester and get far worse. The political elite cannot continue to turn a - blind eye to these legitimate concerns - about uncontrolled illegal and net immigration.
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