They only ever meant the white Commonwealth. Which they thought was still white. And they thought they could lead. The myth making about imperial pasts is so caustic to modern British society. #WbatTheCanzuk
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It's funny because the UKIP spokesman for migration (Woolfe) said clearly at the time that they'd expect to welcome more from places like Pakistan and India. It was briefly quite a moment and all because they were pushing the 'EU free movement is racist' thing. And it gave them 'non-racist creds'.
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They did. And got a third of the South Asian vote, amazingly enough. This is what they really think of Pakistan, India, Canada, Australia, and so forth bsky.app/profile/nial...
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Yep. Their remarkable mendacity was electorally effective.
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They promised a good supply of curry chefs to the restaurant trade. Every segment was promised just what they wanted, no matter how contradictory.
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