Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
Firstly, BNP, UKIP, le Pen etc did not cause the issues with immigration but they certainly illuminated - and some would say grossly exaggerated - them. Hard to believe that didn't have an impact, especially on older voters who compromise the large majority of the supporters of those particular parties, in the same way that comments by Obama may have influenced younger voters.

Secondly, anti-immigration sentiment may have been around for many years however the people who held those views had limited opportunity to have them felt in any meaningful way. Voting for UKIP or le Pen didn't really get them anything. Brexit however allowed them to have a direct influence on immigration, massively so. And they took it.
Hmmm. I'm no fan of them, but the BNP were highlighting the existence and prevalence of muslim gangs raping white girls in British cities when literally no-one else would touch the story and anyone who did raise it was called a racist. Hardly a wonder that they gained support in that environment. If you try to silence people, you can hardly wonder if they choose the party that offers them a voice.

The FN - while irrelevant to Brexit - are a direct response to France having the highest muslim population in Europe and understandably not being very happy about it.

And why wouldn't the populace react to immigration and multicultural policies that have a/ been imposed on them explicitly against their will and despite polling consistently showing that thy don't want them? and b/ have been an unmitigated disaster that have led to ghettoised populations being allowed to culturally, socially and politically dominate certain areas of British cities?