Gordon Brown’s big mistake wasn’t to call the woman a bigot, but rather to not listen to her.
Just because she’s concerned about rising immigration to this country does not mean she’s a bigot anyway, and her point is shared by a LOT of people. This is one of the issues that the candidates in this election are not focusing on because it’s a political hot potato.
Gordon responded to Gillian Duffy’s question about immigration by saying that plenty of Brits go to Europe (in approximately the same numbers that come here), but that’s besides the point. And although she asked about Eastern Europeans, it’s not really important, but immigration as a whole is.
It is a major issue incidentally because in a time like this recession, immigration should be halted until the unemployed people already in the UK have jobs. When we have a lack of a workforce, then permit immigration. If people balk at doing a job because they don’t want to, cut their benefits, stop giving them money, stop providing them a house etc.,
It’s a pity this came out now, with the prime ministerial debates now moving on to the economy when the talking point should have been immigration. I think we can all make up our minds anyway, and the fact that Gordon reacted in such a way then sickly-sweet apologized, doesn’t bode well for his Number 10 bid.
Tags: bigot, gillian duffy, immigration
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