11 February 2012

The toxic legacy of British Multiculturalism

How are we going to integrate immigrants into British society, so that they participate fully in it, sharing and respecting its values? That question is even more pertinent today than it was in 1984, when Ray Honeyford, who died last week, first raised it publicly.

Immigration from non-EU countries has increased enormously in the last 30 years. It has been running at more than 100,000 a year for a decade. But by no means all of the new arrivals, many of whom come from what are categorised as ethnic minorities, have found it easy to adopt British values.

.... As we dither on this, multiculturalism continues its divisive work. And it will soon be too late to do anything about it: Britain will have permanently fractured into factions united by nothing except mutual incomprehension and antipathy. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more