New opinion polls, published today, show the Home Secretary is clearly out of touch with the public. Last week Alan Johnson told a House of Commons Committee that ‘he does not lie awake at night’ worrying that the population of the UK will reach 70 million and that he would not put a cap on the number of immigrants settling in the UK. A YouGov opinion poll, conducted shortly afterwards for think tank Migrationwatch, shows that his views are completely at odds with the vast majority of the population: The party affiliations are also of interest.
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New immigration polls find nearly 80% of the British public, even in his own constituency, think the Home Secretary is ‘out of touch’ 70% of Labour voters in Britain want a sharp cut in immigration 78% of voters in Alan Johnson’s own constituency oppose his attitude to immigration
July 23, 2009- 81% are worried (45% of which are ‘very worried’) about the prospect of a population of 70 million in 2028. - 78% say that Alan Johnson is out of touch with people like them. - 76% want to see net immigration cut from its present level of 237,000 a year to 50,000 or less a year. Of that 76%, 32% want to see a policy of “one in, one out” while 22% want to see no immigration at all.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
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