Today’s show provides some clarity on this. (Although the polling hadn’t been published at the time.)
May 13, 2025 16:02A Spanish PhD in Edinburgh told my wife and I he was going home after Brexit because he didn’t feel welcome anymore. Clearly, he was ahead of us and it’s time for us to leave too.
So Starmer's speech seems to have united Reform opinion but divided Labour opinion
It's just blatant that he is in the right place in terms of what most people think
Language aside... which btw is simply not like Powell.... have you read the white paper? I.e. 'the susstance'
Framing it as "take issue with the language" is absurd because it leads to a weird option in which people disagree with the sentiment but are ok with the language (?). Really poorly worded. Still grim totals of agreement that show the brain rot cycle we are in.
British Jobs For British Workers
Take Back Control
Muslim Grooming Gangs
Citizens of Nowhere
Enemies of the People
Multiculturalisn has Failed
Knife-Crime Epidemic
Illegal immigrants
When you adopt the framing of the right, the public sees things from their point of view.
Fair is subjective to the individual, everyone thinks their opinion on a topic is fair.
Personally I don't understand how when we have vast numbers of unfilled jobs in care and hospitality making it impossible for foreign nationals to come here and work in one is a good idea
Not surprising, but nevertheless depressing. Will doubtless be seized upon by the Blue Labour cadre to justify their moral crusade against immigration.