2013-03-18, 21:55
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Bingo. Det här är exakt vad Labourledaren Ed Miliband belyste i sin självkritik mot den invandringspolitik som fördes under Blairs dagar. Så här sa han i sitt tal förra året:
"En första förändring är att den inhemska underklassen tappar den prioritet som ges den grupp som ses som den mest hjälpbehövande. Att hjälpa dem som utpekas som de mest utsatta uppfattas som central av såväl en kristen som en socialistisk tradition och diskuteras flitigt i akademiska kretsar som John Rawls differensprincip. Det finns nu en ny grupp som anses ha det svårare och behöver mer hjälp."
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Om Reinfeldt vill hitta en valvinnare kan han kopiera det där, som han kopierade Blairs rörelse mot mitten.
"Quite simply, we became too disconnected from the concerns of working people. We too easily assumed those who worried about immigration were stuck in the past. Unrealistic about how things could be different. Even prejudiced.
But Britain was experiencing the largest peacetime migration in recent history. And people's concerns were genuine. Why didn't we listen more?
At least by the end of our time in office, we were too dazzled by globalisation and too sanguine about its price. By focusing too much on globalization and migration's impact on growth, we lost sight of who was benefiting from that growth – and the people who were being squeezed. And, to those who lost out, Labour was too quick to say ‘like it or lump it'.
But the truth is that the public were ahead of us in seeing some of the problems caused by the rapid pace of migration, especially from the expanded EU. And they were ahead of us in seeing some of the costs of migration as a whole.
I believe those issues fall into three broad categories:
First, rapid changes in population led to pressures on scarce resources such as housing and schools. Some areas were not equipped to cope in the short-term and it brought to the fore questions about entitlements.
Second, there were problems with the pace of change in some of our communities. Ties of solidarity and community are not built overnight. And sometimes migration ran faster than the time it took to build that sense of community, to build those ties.
These are vital questions because they are about how we choose to live together. And I will return to them in future speeches.
But today I want to focus on a third problem which is far too often ignored in this debate, because it's difficult: the pressure on our economy. My vision is of an economy where work pays for all; and where all firms succeed because owners, managers and employees see themselves as being part of one shared project. Britain does not have an economy like that today. In some industries we are a long way away from that vision. In those sectors, immigration in the last few years collided with a labour market that is too often nasty, brutish and short term.
Proper control of who comes into the country is essential. But it is not enough."
But Britain was experiencing the largest peacetime migration in recent history. And people's concerns were genuine. Why didn't we listen more?
At least by the end of our time in office, we were too dazzled by globalisation and too sanguine about its price. By focusing too much on globalization and migration's impact on growth, we lost sight of who was benefiting from that growth – and the people who were being squeezed. And, to those who lost out, Labour was too quick to say ‘like it or lump it'.
But the truth is that the public were ahead of us in seeing some of the problems caused by the rapid pace of migration, especially from the expanded EU. And they were ahead of us in seeing some of the costs of migration as a whole.
I believe those issues fall into three broad categories:
First, rapid changes in population led to pressures on scarce resources such as housing and schools. Some areas were not equipped to cope in the short-term and it brought to the fore questions about entitlements.
Second, there were problems with the pace of change in some of our communities. Ties of solidarity and community are not built overnight. And sometimes migration ran faster than the time it took to build that sense of community, to build those ties.
These are vital questions because they are about how we choose to live together. And I will return to them in future speeches.
But today I want to focus on a third problem which is far too often ignored in this debate, because it's difficult: the pressure on our economy. My vision is of an economy where work pays for all; and where all firms succeed because owners, managers and employees see themselves as being part of one shared project. Britain does not have an economy like that today. In some industries we are a long way away from that vision. In those sectors, immigration in the last few years collided with a labour market that is too often nasty, brutish and short term.
Proper control of who comes into the country is essential. But it is not enough."
