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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to housing and crime, here are the other items that tend to prompt heretofore left leaning people to shift right when they are personally impacted by immigration:

1. Longer waits for healthcare while surrounded by people they assume are immigrants

2. Being rejected or deferred from college and assuming immigrants or people of color are leap frogging ahead.

3. Struggling to get a job and assuming immigrants or minorities are the reason.

Etc.

I can’t tell you how many liberals I know who are quietly shifting right because of these kinds of things once they are personally impacted. [/quote]

There’s perception and then there’s reality. For example, in the UK 35% of doctors and 28% of nurses are now another nationality. Sure immigrants (controlled) have probably increased demand a bit but in actual fact they are more part of the solution. The problems are multifaceted (underinvestment by the Tory government, ageing of the population, etc) but it’s easier to look for someone to blame.

Similarly, in the UK there’s a stir about international students taking away university spots from domestic students. But the reality is that without international student fees, universities would probably close or reduce numbers.

Brexit is a prime example of how perceptions can be wrong and easily manipulated.

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This conversation has nothing to do with Brexit.

Conservatives in the UK concerned about university spots are a small minority. The larger concerns are over changing crime patterns.

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