The more the scarier? Reflections on the immigration debate

Published 11 months ago

The online news channel WORLDbytes’ reflects on the explosive Immigration: the more the scarier debate at the Battle of Ideas festival. Highlights of this fiery debate include Ceri Dingle arguing that the Labour Party has always been anti... more

The online news channel WORLDbytes’ reflects on the explosive Immigration: the more the scarier debate at the Battle of Ideas festival. Highlights of this fiery debate include Ceri Dingle arguing that the Labour Party has always been anti immigrant since it supports immigration controls and Frank Field’s admission that “of course immigration controls are anti-immigrant what would be the point of having them otherwise.” The programme questions Field’s claim to be simply reflecting the wishes of his core “working class voters.” less

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