An opinon-poll by Ipsos-Mori in August 2015 showed that concern about immigration is at an all-time high with half of the British public now identifying it as the primary issue about which they are concerned. Britain is full. Our systems are at breaking point. If we are required to accept more of the tens of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe on an almost daily basis the country would surely collapse. People are right to be concerned. Or so the story goes.
But the story is misleading in key respects. I am tired of hearing that the British public is concerned about migration, as if it were the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I am tired of hearing that “what people think” about migration is more important than anything else.
Let me explain.
