Across the Pond.....

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I think this part is telling:

The town centre features pawn shops, pound shops, betting shops and charity stores, a reflection of the borough's above average unemployment rate, which has helped fuel resentment of more recent arrivals.

Its easy to use 'outsiders' as scapegoats when everyone's struggling to get by. The whole "They took our jobs" deal. People fail to realize that the problems they have are nothing to do with immigration but just years of poor decisions by the government finally catching up with the UK. Local councils certainly don't help much either. Its far too common to see large housing projects fall through because it might get in the way of somebodies view.. Then people wonder why there are no affordable homes or employment opportunities.

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All the UKIP signs in my town were spray painted with the words "Fuck you racists" on them