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.
Immigration
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.
Integration should be the focus of immigration policy, not posturing
Poverty and job insecurity are more strongly associated with support for UKIP than migration.
Until recently the Tories said Jose Manuel Barroso’s views were ‘definitive’
When the European Commission president agrees with David Cameron his views are ‘definitive’.
UKIP is tapping into ‘left behind’ Britain
UKIP is offering disengaged and disillusioned Britons a return to a less challenging, more cohesive past.
Labour has a working class problem
What do the Middleton and Heywood and Clacton by-elections tell us about the Labour vote?
Migration and universities – coalition mismanagement
Vince Cable skirted over the big immigration issues in his conference speech yesterday.