To talk about the 'burning issue of immigration' being ignored presupposes that the British public are as preoccupied with the issue as you are.

For you it is a big issue.

For the BNP it is definitely a big issue.

It isn't for me.

Or for the majority of voters.


As for blaming weaknesses in the overall economy on immigration in the first place, its like blaming cancer on water.

Although it just so happens that evn this gives an inaccurate picture as a comparison of unemlyment figures and iimigration figures shows clearly that the unemployment has been at its lowest and least unstable when immigration has been at its highest.


This however is merely an amusing observation. and does not demonstrate any significant relationship.

We know this because there is no evidence that immigration and the economy and employment levels are connected in any definable way.