Doesn't feel like some of us are welcome in our own country.
They're not. But they were born here, so have the same rights we do.
That answer is obviously a slight quip, but also serious. Racists are not welcome in my country. We could choose to remove citizenship for it (but thankfully thought crime isn't a crime!) - ironically, if that happened, they'd probably "come over here and try to change our culture".
Racists have always been around, and always will be.
But more importantly, people feeling hard done by will always be led into simplistic rhetoric. That doesn't make someone like you less welcome (I won't comment on your feelings; I can't relate. Although I did live in Luton for a while - left literally a day before the first EDL march). These movements do go away.
What comes next?
I only see two options:
- Events that move to the modern equivalent of Cable Street.
- The Govt doing a combination of two things.
A. Changing arrangements for Asylum. Seekers whereby they are not allowed into the community until Asylum is granted & investing to process a higher volume of claims.
B. Taxes targeted at the ultra wealthy.
A good government would do these in tandem in the budget. It would kill Farage's narrative and show direct action towards fair redistribution of well. The results from increased Asylum apps would also show how little (or how much - maybe we're wrong!) impact "the boats" have.
I think it's without that we're fudged.
Big hugs.
