"We do already have a massive shortfall in housing"

We do, but net immigration doesn't increase the pressure on housing by any large amount. I'd love to see hard, peer-reviewed evidence that it does.

In the meantime, we have no significant state-owned social housing stock as we did before Thatcher sold it off and we became a nation of unregulated landlords. This is a problem created by short-termist politicians, not immigration., who have allowed thousands of unregulated landlords to fuck over the people and the state. However as these people are the natural constituency of the tory party, they let them carry on their parasitic business.

It amuses me greatly to see so many people believe the tories when they go for the low-hanging fruit to scare the witless, unquestioning gorps that believe their propaganda. Immigration, disabled people, benefit claimants, Muslims and christ knows who else are used as scapegoats by these nasty sods. They're even trying to resurrect the cold war to justify the white elephant that is trident.