Moving on up: How our view on migration is changing

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Attitudes to migration were a key cause of Brexit – but is it still such a major factor in how people vote? With research showing that the UK now has a more favourable attitude to migration, what are the arguments for it? Alex Andreou is joined by Rob Ford, professor of political science at the University of Manchester, and co-author of Brexitland, to explore the real public opinions on migration beyond the headlines. “People can’t do the maths on immigration so they always say they want less.” “A nationalistic narrative – that migration befits the country - is one way to change public opinion.” “The Labour voting opinion on migration has changed, there are more pressing things to worry about.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Book link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/brexitland/667A60CB4C315A755792074E79B20FBA Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.8	of what makes Britain Britain so conform to it or don't come here. I don't think there is a shorter quote than this by
1:24.9	Tony Blair in 2006 that better contains the centrifugal forces that work against each
1:30.7	other to constitute the always complex, often in Congress, occasionally
1:36.0	neurotic British attitude towards immigrants.
1:40.3	But is that attitude changing and is it getting better as public opinion might indicate or worse as political debate suggests?
1:49.1	My guest today is a professor of political science at the University of Manchester whose work has focused
1:54.4	in the areas of identity and electoral choice. He is also a senior fellow at UK in
1:59.6	a Changing Europe and co-author of among many titles the award-winning Brexit land.
2:05.0	Welcome back to the bunker Professor Rob Ford.
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