There doesn't really need to be a real basis in stats. In politics the truth doesn't really matter. Surely, you've been around long enough to notice? I understand your point. It is more complex. For example, we don't really get Sikh , Hindu, Jewish, Japanese, Buddhist offenders - more or less at all. There's a lot more too. It's actually probably worse depending on how you view the second generation. Many are fed up with being gaslighted that they're somehow British. The only British part is living here. They live in parallel societies often.
However, what Labour fail to see, as let's not beat around the bush, they are not clever at all at anything political; is that what people perceive is the most important factor. Other governments have understood this. It's pretty basic. But let's face it, none of our recent governments have been able to do the basics in most areas.
People perceive immigration as the problem. When they're harassed in the street or pickpocketed, they don't wonder if it's a British citizen. They don't ask to see the passport or documents. What they see with their eyes informs them. It also informs me. People are not that trusting anymore. They've had enough of omissions, inquiries or failure to take statistics for some reason. Even the most ignorant people are not taking the government's word for it. They're not interested. They use what they see in the world around them as their facts.
Open your eyes: both of your areas are not what they used to be. They should be enriched according to some. You see it yourself. Contrarianism isn't working here either. I used to visit Cornwall and used to live in Wisbech. I've seen the clear decline in both. Believe it or not, I know that both of us remember when Wisbech was nice. Seems quite unbelievable now.
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