Nigel Farage in front of his Breaking Point poster. Philip Toscano/Press Association. All rights reserved.If you woke up this morning in a British city, you can see this happening right in front of your eyes. From the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham – one of the most diverse cities in the UK – the Tories are feeding the press with anti-immigration soundbites relentlessly, competing among each other for who upsets the liberal Guardian readers the most.
Nearly all major newspapers open their front pages this morning on immigration, often with direct quotes of their favourite minister. The message is clear, this government will give to the people (or more precisely the British voters) what they want and ‘we must not ignore the fact that people want to talk about immigration’ explains Amber Rudd.
And if you are ‘a foreigner’ (the definition these days is rather flexible and for some includes also BME), you are likely to be asking yourself: do I really have to stay here? Unfortunately, disentangling oneself from a place is not as easy as asking the question.
