Nah, UKIP and Brexit comes from fears of radical Islam and supposed wage undercutting.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
And because they'd both been playing the "vote for us because scary forrins" strategy for so long they couldn't fight it.
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Replying to @Mc_Heckin_Duff
Do you have any evidence Blair engaged in anti-immigrant scare-mongering?
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
What do you mean do I have any evidence? His minister for immigration ran on a literal race-baiting ticket.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
The Blair government was famous for trying to push through incredibly restrictive laws post 9/11.
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Replying to @Mc_Heckin_Duff
You seem to be changing the goalposts. The initial dispute was about Blair's supposed anti-immigrant electioneering.
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Replying to @Mc_Heckin_Duff
This flies in the face of your claims: http://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/BrowneEconomicsImmigration.pdf …
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I invite you to look at the actual legislation passed by the Blair Government. Authoritarian tightening was the name of the game
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The legislation is present in the link I gave you. It shows his policies were a mixed bag: some pro-immigrant, some anti.
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