What an incredibly patronising piece of horse shit.Whether it’s palatable or not to the more left-leaning here, the fact is that large scale immigration, especially 'illegal' undocumented immigration, is the root cause of this political shift to the right — certainly in Europe. You’ve been told this constantly. Constantly. And you've been told what the political consequences will be to Europe's quasi-open borders policy. And the only response, ever, is to mutter "Racist!" so that it’s now a vital topic that can never be discussed intelligently and dispassionately.
As for the decline of democracy, a major step forward in the UK would be the introduction of some form of proportional representation to at least give the people some semblance of having accountable government. No party should have a massive parliamentary majority based on the support of barely 20% of the electorate and after more than two-thirds of actual voters voted for parties other than them.
Immigration is needed in this country all the time there’s a birth rate, as there is currently, of 1.69 in this country.
I bet you’re one of those whinging about WFP without the slightest realisation that future generations of pensioners will be impoverished without the young adults to fill the government’s coffers.
Luckily we have a government addressing this long term issue as well as the impending climate crisis instead of the thoughts of cab drivers who can’t see beyond next week.