Left Foot Forward
This week’s most read: Migration Watch, free speech and the working class
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Three good things and three bad things from Cameron’s immigration speech
David Cameron's immigration speech was more nuanced than it was briefed out beforehand. Rather than being yet another draconian crackdown, there were some welcome announcements. On that note, here are three good things and three bad things about the speech.
Migrants come to the UK to find jobs, not to claim benefits
Until there is concerted action to revive the failing economies of southern and eastern Europe, there is little hope that the government’s net migration target will be met.
The St George’s Cross has become an emblem of the working class
Like a vote for Ukip, to fly the St George's Cross is as much to declare one's antipathy to the liberal, metropolitan well-to-do middle-classes as it is a protest against the EU.
The Half Decents: Rock and roll across the political divide for Syria relief
Some causes transcend political barriers. The plight of those trapped between the murderers of the Islamic State and the slaughter at the hands of Assad’s forces is one of those issues.
What exactly does Ed Miliband think it means to be a ‘working person’?
There is no one type of ‘working person', and it’s an indictment of our politics that such an obvious point has to be made.