Marcus Chown
Writer. Books include A Crack in Everything, Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad. See www.marcuschown.com
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- Brunel, our greatest engineer, came from an immigrant family. So did Bazalgette, who built London's sewer system and saved millions of lives
- Britain is an immigrant island. Has been since Roman times. It's the source of its energy, its vitality, its greatness.
- An inconvenient truth for the racists and xenophobes (and Labour): Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people. Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem. Without it, everyone must work longer.
- There are two certainties in the world: The sun will rise tomorrow. You can never out-Farage.
- If Labour won’t defend the principle of immigration, it’ll keep losing the argument, and voters. Yvette Cooper’s interview with Kuenssberg showed just how far the party's shifted. Read how Labour is retreating on immigration without a plan. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
