It’s an odd one is today’s ICM poll in the News of the World. Most of it makes for sobering reading for the political class: it finds that two-thirds of voters think the mainstream parties have no “credible policies” on immigration, and that one-third agree with a core BNP policy on removing state benefits from ethnic minorities. The Tories will be disappointed to see that only 20 percent of respondents think that their plan to cap immigrant numbers will work.
But there are also some findings which support Alex’s thesis that we shouldn’t be unduly troubled by the levels of support for the BNP. For instance – and despite all of the above – 26 percent say the Tories have the best policies on immigration, compared to 21 percent for Labour and 13 percent for the Lib Dems.
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