Observations

Does immigration matter?

In the 2016 EU Referendum government-backed campaign to remain in the European Union, David Cameron, George Osborne, and all the Remain campaigners made a fatal error. They assumed – in the words of Bill Clinton – “It’s the economy, stupid”.

Well, the economy did not “fall of a cliff”, which is what the Remainers threatened us all with.

Naturally Leave voters did not wish to become poorer as a result of Brexit but the issues went much deeper than that. One of those issues was the control of immigration.

The immigration of EU nationals is just one part of the story of course. In the latest figures we have reported above, almost a third of a million non-EU nationals immigrated into the UK on a permanent basis. Only 81,000 left. That’s a net total of 239,000 – in just one year.

Immigrants have contributed to the UK’s prosperity

There is no doubt that the UK has benefited from its attractiveness to migrants from the EU and around the world.

The key question is whether ordinary people from across the country have seen their housing stock, hospitals, GP practices, schools, other local infrastructure and all local services keep up with the rate of population growth.

We’re sure readers can answer that question for themselves.

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