"Mass migration is a very recent phenomenon.
There is no historic precedent."

Complete and utter rubbish. Google 'human mass migration' and you'll see mass migration has been happening since man left Africa.


"An influx of workers prepared to undercut the established workforce brings benefit to big business, government and the professional classes."

Everyone benefits from the cheap labour the migrant workforce provides. British workers don't want to do the jobs these people step up to do - they work long hours and give value for money.

"The workers are ground down with lower wages, unemployment, competition for social housing, higher rents, reduced availability of health provision, social services, etc., etc."

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.Marx

As I have posted repeatedly this has more to do with the capitalist system than being the fault of migrant workers themselves - supply and demand. All workers in this country have been ground down since the demise of the unions, the ongoing privatisation of the health industry and outsourcing and increased budget cuts in the social services. The social housing stock has been sold off by the Tories and they build no more so there's the reason for that.

"And anyone who complains is branded a racist by big business, government and the professional classes."

Brilliant - some blame the left, some blame the right. How do you class someone as an immigrant then? The Asian whose family was thrown out of Uganda? The Pole who arrived last week? The grandson of a Jamaican who arrived in the 1950's? The Saxon, The Celt?