Quote Originally Posted by Mr Mystery View Post
Trouble is, the 'no immagrunts in are country' bunch show a disturbing lack of historical context.

Not only is it shockingly hypocritical to bang on about 'coming over here, taking our jobs' given our Imperial history, but they long for a Britain which, put simply, has never actually existed. England in particular has been incredibly multicultural ever since Roman times.

A 'culturally pure' England is a Daily Mail invention, based on their whitewashing of history. From the Polish pilots who fought in The Battle of Britain to the long history of Britain playing host to migrants, it's all ignored in the name of shocking bigotry.
There were 50,000 black English in the 1500s who could trace their ancestry back far enough that even under virtually absolute monarchy they couldn't legally be deported. There were Anglo-Indian gentry in the 18th-19th century, there were black suburbs in nineteenth century London etc. We've always taken people in like you say. Farages' ****ing great grandfather was German and his fathers family is descended from Huguenots (hence the name) who came here in the 17th century.