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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
It seems an unpleasant blend of ideology, underfunding and incompetence.
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The problem this Government has got is that they want to look to be being tough on immigration to appease the right wing of their party and do what they think their core & new supporters expect of them. It"s an anti EU Government and i'm convinced that the main reason for the Brexit result and Johnsons "Lets Get Brexit done" high majority is because of this single issue, not sovereignty or anything else.
At the same time, by being luke warm aboiut taking in refugees from Ukraine, many people are disgusted with then, including their own supporters, hardened Brexiteers and people who switched to voting Tory at the last General Election. This is the message i'm getting anyway from people I know right across the political spectrum. They see this tranche of immigration as acceptable as opposed to people coming over on boats or as a result of the former Freedom of Movement EU law.
The Government probably feel that they are between a rock & a hard place, but they're not reading the room on this issue.
I've not come across one person who is against us taking in people from Ukraine, just some concern about them putting more pressure on schools, the NHS etc, which is a legitimate concern.