Labour: Dodging The Real Issues

[ChillDoubt]

And one that is pretty much everyone's main concern:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30474521

You know they're really worried when they're sending out a document to the party faithful entitled 'Campaining Against UKIP'.
Shouldn't it be titled 'Addressing Real Concerns', 'Talk Openly To The Electorate' or even 'We Need To Tackle The Thorny Issues At Hand'.
A poster on another thread asked if the UKIP Publicity Agent was on holiday this week. It appears not, he's giving a big speech on immigration later today and he just happens to be the leader(?) of the Labour Party.

[Gromit]

Jourdain2.

The Asians came to work in the mills of Bradford in the 1950's, thats 60 years ago.
You either grew up wirh Asians or you were there before the 1950s and you are in you 80's.
Whatever, they were invited to do shifts that the Bradfordians were unwilling to do. They had secure job and good incomes and they started families here.

[jourdain2]

Gromit - I was born in the 40's on the edge of Bradford. I grew up there and taught there. Yes, the Asians came to work in the mills, no argument about that, and the few that I met were quiet industrious people who attempted to integrate. I have never made any secret of the fact that I have met many, many good, pleasant Pakistanis, Indians - all sorts. It doesn't alter the fact that the sudden, later, inrush of immigrants has now changed my city completely, that there are no-go areas, that girls walking in the street can be jeered at and insulted for their clothing, that eventually you stop going into the centre to the theatre or cinema. My sister still lives in a village on the edge, but refuses now to even drive through.

Considering I spent most of my life trying to teach Asian children without fear or favour, helping them to understand the language,ways and values of Britain, I think I am justified in feeling saddened that my 'home' has now become an alien place to me.

I would add that during the strained period up to the Bradford riots my car was one of the few that was safe, because I was well-known in the community. Don't tell me the history of Bradford, please I lived it.