That the immigration question straddles the various subcultures in the UK indicates that it is more the latter than the former. The notion of welfare immigration, though seemingly ridiculous, may be a significant driver of anti-immigration sentiment, though anti-Muslim feelings may have helped to give the most ridiculous election of British history, where a Sikh man campaigned for the BNP.
Which leads us to the real failure of multiculturalism in the UK. The anti-Muslim feelings in the UK seem predicated on other prejudices and experiences. Some large-ish proportion of Muslims, unlike Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, or even Catholics, seem to have rubbed British folk up the wrong way. And here, I have to admit, British multiculturalism and militant Islam have parted company. Bound to be our fault, and all that, but for some reason or other, even when we have been prepared to support the likes of Abu Hamza and his family on welfare for a decade or so, he just didn't get invited to the best sort of parties. In fact we let the Yanks have him as a guest in their country. Prejudicial, I know, but there you go.
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Date: 13/1/13 21:29 (UTC)http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/20/sikh-man-bnp-member (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/20/sikh-man-bnp-member)
Which leads us to the real failure of multiculturalism in the UK. The anti-Muslim feelings in the UK seem predicated on other prejudices and experiences. Some large-ish proportion of Muslims, unlike Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, or even Catholics, seem to have rubbed British folk up the wrong way. And here, I have to admit, British multiculturalism and militant Islam have parted company. Bound to be our fault, and all that, but for some reason or other, even when we have been prepared to support the likes of Abu Hamza and his family on welfare for a decade or so, he just didn't get invited to the best sort of parties. In fact we let the Yanks have him as a guest in their country. Prejudicial, I know, but there you go.