"Stu, you can hardly blame Mrs May for the rise in immigration, she has absolutely no power to stop immigration from inside the EU."

Really? You might want to read this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immi from Marchgration/11446218/Theresa-May-defies-Cabinet-colleagues-with-pledge-to-meet-migration-target.html

You can blame her because she said it. Then ignored the fact net migration had risen during her time as Home Secretary. Even business leaders were pissed off with her for spewing out such a nasty little speech.

Any how, in reality the tories and kippers anti-immgration stance ignores the published figures (see here for instance: http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/fiscal-impact-immigration-uk ). This comes as little surprise as evidence-based policy formation is virtually non-existent in British politics at present (see climate change and the government's green policies for more).