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Commenters argue migration crackdown misdiagnoses Britain's real problems

Original: "The “legitimate concerns” were real, but the diagnosis was wrong - and instead of fixing housing, training, wages and p

A widely shared commentary argues that public concerns about pressures on housing, training, wages and public services are legitimate, but that blaming migration is the wrong diagnosis. The author accuses the government of targeting immigration to appease the far right instead of fixing these underlying issues, drawing a parallel to Brexit, and warns the same mistake is repeating itself with predictable consequences.

Why now: Immigration policy is again at the centre of political debate, prompting criticism that governments are scapegoating migrants rather than addressing domestic failures.

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• "The “legitimate concerns” were real, but the diagnosis was wrong - and instead of fixing housing, training, wages and public services, government chose to hammer migration because the far-right told them that was the problem. We have done this before with Brexit, and once… · junesim63@mstdn.social · 12

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