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ORIGINAL: Politesub53
The Tories, and I vote for them, have a major problem. They dont listen to what the electorate is saying. No one is against immigration per se, but you cant have mass immigration while you are closing down mainstream public services. Schools hospitals, house building (already at a low) The UK isnt as fortunate as the US in having space or resources capable of accepting large numbers into the country.
I find such view to be sheer folly. On the one hand, mass immigration is a driver, an increasing burden, on services which have become strained beyond sustainability. On the other hand, mass immigration has been seen as a necessity for various political reasoning. Here in the US, many think immigration is virtually a right. Eric Holder said that the other day, in so many words. The idea of "Give us your tired, your poor, your wretched masses yearning to be free" is quite noble in spirit, but is it healthy for the US, or the UK, if one considers culture and national identity; what it is about the US that can be quantified as "being free." UKIP may be anti-EU, but is it anti-mass immigration?
The US may enjoy space far beyond what the UK has to offer, but US resources are not so unlimited as to be capable of sustaining services with ever increasing mass immigration.
One topic I do not see any party addressing is that of Culture, and the changes one should expect with large numbers of dissimilar cultures being allowed inside the gates. It's unfortunate that an immigrant, stepping onto UK soil for the first time, doesn't suddenly start talking with a British accent and have a craving for Fish-n-Chips. This is no slight to the immigrant, but an historical fact where mass immigration has been permitted.
Do immigrants embrace the culture? Here's a question - "How many generations would it take a middle-east immigrant family, if submerged in British culture without sufficient of their own kind around as to sustain the culture they bring with them, to become British and adhere to the concept of British nationalism and identity? Yes, the US has Chinatown and immigrant enclaves. That does not negate my point. It enhances it.
The problems facing the UK, and the EU for that matter, are more than mere dwindling government services. Same goes for the US.
As PoliteSub seems to indicate, many believe government services must be sustained as to continue the mass immigration.
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