"I reserve my greater ire for conservatives, who are fully aware of the problem and yet also make no attempt to solve it, instead seeking to exploit the situation by egging on the tensions in order to drive public opinion against immigration altogether."
Many Tories, including Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak support substantial levels of "l…
"I reserve my greater ire for conservatives, who are fully aware of the problem and yet also make no attempt to solve it, instead seeking to exploit the situation by egging on the tensions in order to drive public opinion against immigration altogether."
Many Tories, including Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak support substantial levels of "legal" migraton. And net migration is higher under the Tories than under New Labour.
"Even basic things like free English lessons would go a long way."
Shamima Begum - and many other home-grown Islamists - have perfectly good English.
I fear the question of Muslim integration might be rather more difficult than you suggest.
This is why I deliberately used "conservatives" with a small c. I'm not talking about the Conservative Party here (although Tories have the different problem of their rhetoric being totally out-of-kilter with their actions on immigration, in a way that satisfies neither the progressives who hate the rhetoric, nor the small-c conservatives who hate the fact that immigration continues despite the rhetoric).
"I reserve my greater ire for conservatives, who are fully aware of the problem and yet also make no attempt to solve it."
Given that it's ultimately the government that will have "to solve it" (and given, also, your mention of Suella Braverman), I assumed the by "conservatives" you meant the Tory party!
As I said previously, I think solving it will be rather more difficult that you suggest.
"I reserve my greater ire for conservatives, who are fully aware of the problem and yet also make no attempt to solve it, instead seeking to exploit the situation by egging on the tensions in order to drive public opinion against immigration altogether."
Many Tories, including Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak support substantial levels of "legal" migraton. And net migration is higher under the Tories than under New Labour.
"Even basic things like free English lessons would go a long way."
Shamima Begum - and many other home-grown Islamists - have perfectly good English.
I fear the question of Muslim integration might be rather more difficult than you suggest.
This is why I deliberately used "conservatives" with a small c. I'm not talking about the Conservative Party here (although Tories have the different problem of their rhetoric being totally out-of-kilter with their actions on immigration, in a way that satisfies neither the progressives who hate the rhetoric, nor the small-c conservatives who hate the fact that immigration continues despite the rhetoric).
Thanks for clarifying.
"I reserve my greater ire for conservatives, who are fully aware of the problem and yet also make no attempt to solve it."
Given that it's ultimately the government that will have "to solve it" (and given, also, your mention of Suella Braverman), I assumed the by "conservatives" you meant the Tory party!
As I said previously, I think solving it will be rather more difficult that you suggest.