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Has Brexit made UK a more tolerant nation?
Brexit did not have a single cause, but immigration was the primary one. The Blair government’s decision to allow immediate free movement from countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 supercharged the issue. In 1997, just 2 per cent of people told the pollster Ipsos MORI that immigration was one of the main issues facing the country. By December 2007 it was 46 per cent. This gave Ukip, a party that had been fruitlessly campaigning against the EU for some time, a platform. It came second in the 2009 European elections. By 2015, immigration from the EU was outstripping that from the rest of the world and David ... (full story)
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