I contribute to threads a good deal, Iains, including this one. Today's contributions from you have involved you making a complete arse of yourself by saying one thing one minute and contradicting yourself the next. I'd far sooner be wrong all the time, like me!

Teribus, you won't be the first person to be accused of racism by claiming that "our welfare services, housing, education and labour markets are being swamped by the current level of immigration." It would be more honest to address the real causes of the pressures on those elements, namely under-investment, poor planning and low morale. Immigrants come here to work. They contribute massively to the economy. Tory types like you have a habit of blaming the wrong people and penalising tne wrong people, namely the poorest and the powerless in society.