Alex Massie Alex Massie

A Compliment to Britain

Responding to the latest migration figures Fraser writes:

The inflow to Britain has stayed steady […] but the number emigrating from Britain has fallen. This is a compliment to Cameron: the most sincere vote people can make is with their feet. And in our globalised world, countries have to compete for people. Britain is as attractive as ever it was to immigrants, and more natives are staying put. 

I agree! But isn’t this also a compliment to Tony Blair since, on his watch, Britain was evidently a very attractive place to come and work and live and prosper?

(Of course, it may be that some temporary immigrants have decided to stay in Britain or that Britons tempted to leave are staying put as economic conditions in other countries deteriorate.)

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