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The deep instinct that Britain’s immigration debate still ignores

No politician today would dare to speak about a ‘national soul’. No one will believe them until they do

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

The issue of immigration won’t go away, because it threatens the soul of the nation.

Nobody in political authority uses such language today, because they are unsure of the validity of ‘soul’ and of the political safety of the term ‘nation’. They will use the term ‘we’ in the context of Britain and its people, but would surely dodge defining it.

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