What the left should take from Rochester and Strood
Majorities have group identities just like minorities, and that’s fine.
Immigration
Five myths about public attitudes towards immigration
British Future’s report shows how the fear of being stereotyped stops the moderate majority from communicating their ideas.
Revealed: how our media shuts out migrant voices
From January to April, only 8 per cent of Daily Mail stories on migration featured a migrant voice, and only 6 per cent of Times articles.
Labour’s new immigration policy: more moderate voices needed
The complex views of the majority on immigration are not always easily represented in opinion polls.
What’s really putting Indian students off UK universities?
The coalition’s policies are as much to blame as UKIP in creating the perception that the UK is hostile to overseas students.
It’s not just the anti-immigration voices that have lost the argument. It’s the left too
The left must move on from the economics of immigration and find a more progressive way to talk about the benefits of migration.
The anti-immigration voices have lost the economic argument
The economics of immigration are unambiguous: the anti-immigration voices have lost the argument and should move on.
The myth of migrants ‘flocking’ to Britain’s ‘soft touch’ benefits system
The desire to ‘get on’ isn’t confined to affluent Westerners.
Seeing off Brexit by changing the Treaty of Rome into a Treaty of Home
The only way to see off anti-EU and extreme right-wing parties is to start a debate about a radical new direction for Europe.
UKIP policies: dangerous, costly and yes, racist
We don’t need to go trawling through old manifestos and historic statements; it’s right there on their website.