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by an9n 1487 days ago
> The UK's current gov is firmly wedded to a delusional image of itself as a major imperial power of vast wealth and influence. Such is its majesty it is for ever in danger of being infiltrated and undermined by unpleasantly independent Europeans, who for some reason refuse to see the UK as the most important country in Europe. And also by nasty brown and black people from who knows where?

This is complete nonsense! Inward immigration has gone UP since Brexit, the cabinet is more brown/black than ever before, and the establishment clearly intend to do nothing whatsoever about the porous border in the south (don't be fooled by the laughable Rwanda holding camps initiative, the main motive of which is likely to funnel even more to the legal system etc.).

OTOH I would agree that the government (regime?) are delusional, but I would extend this to the entirety of the establishment, who seem to have departed from reality a long time ago, and seem to believe that the correct response to the UK's reduced circumstances and the population's temerity in daring to vote against globalism is to hasten its destruction.

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> Inward immigration has gone UP since Brexit

While this holds some truth in general it's wrong:

https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/eu...

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...

Net immigration from the EU dropped while total net immigration increased slightly in 2019 before cratering in 2020.