Sentences with phrase «public views on immigration»

The government's approach to EU citizens is hardening even as public views on immigration are starting to soften

Not exact matches

None of the parties, Cooper says, has successfully addressed the apparent contradiction at the heart of the public's views on immigration.

The former director of public prosecutions has spent the past three months travelling to every corner of the country on an immigration «listening tour», hearing the views of businesses, locals, unions and migrants themselves.

Politicians have for too long presumed that the blanket negativity about immigration on TV and in newspapers reflects the views of the public, but it is far more nuanced than that, especially when split across constituencies.

There is a widening gulf between the views of many in our party and those of the public — especially on the economy, national security, welfare and immigration.

In the Summer of 2010, I drove Emily Thornberry to speak on Ed Milibands behalf at A leadership hustings, at Hornchurch and Upminster CLP in Essex, with Mike Gapes representing David Miliband, my reason for Backing Ed Miliband was he was aware and David didn't understand how un popular we were with the Public, following on from the Expenses scandal, Gordon Browns Comments, that Mrs Duffy's view on Immigration was dismissed by him as «that bigoted woman» and our obsession with the middle class.

Contrary to widespread view that the recession led to a substantial backlash against immigration, Professor Timothy Hatton, at the University of Exeter, found that the two most influential variables shifting public opinion on immigration are actually the share of immigrants in the population and the share of social benefits.