[sefrost]

A) people had an issue with immigration when it was mostly from the EU as well, one of the main drivers of Brexit

B) leaving the EU did not mean that non-EU migration had to go up

C) immigration going down for one or two years doesn’t change the fact that millions of people are in the UK that most British people didn’t want to enter in the first place over a period of 15+ years

D) net immigration going down still means lots of people are entering the UK from elsewhere, while people from the same culture (ie grew up in the UK) are leaving which still changes the culture of the country

Note: I’m not saying I personally agree with any of those points but it’s clear what the issues are if you’re prepared to listen. There is opinion polling on all of this.

[10xDev]

Yeah this is just nonsense, not really worth dealing with for anyone even mildly serious. If you want to halt all immigration or deport all immigrants then you are on the wrong forum.

There certainly are forums for what you are suggesting though.

[sefrost]

I didn’t suggest either of those things.

Like I said I’m not voicing my personal opinion.

But we can look at the polling data going back decades now on this issue. People were not happy when it was 50,000 net migration. At one point it hit 950,000.

Obviously the issues that people are concerned about on housing, on transport, on education and more aren’t resolved by reducing the flow for a couple of years.

My point is simply that these feelings have existed for a long time and the government has generally gone against what the electorate have asked for. Are you prepared to concede that point?

If so, then I think blaming it on big tech is a major stretch since this all happened before they had as much command of our attention.