Immigration is Bad For Britain | Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray gives his argument that there is too much immigration in Britain.

Douglas Murray raises the point that the argument often used for immigration is that there are jobs that British people will not do, he says that this is racist. He quotes statistics from studies showing that the British people think that there is too much immigration happening in the UK. He concludes by saying that immigration isn't the problem but it's the speed of immigration that is.

Filmed on Thursday 23rd January 2014
MOTION: This House Believes postwar Britain has seen too much immigration.

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ABOUT DOUGLAS MURRAY:
Douglas Kear Murray is a writer, journalist and commentator. He was the director of the Centre for Social Cohesion from 2007 until 2011, and is currently an associate director of the Henry Jackson Society.

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[DarthQueefious]

"Immigration is Bad For Britain" isn't what he argued. What he argued, and argued correctly, is that "Mass Immigration is Bad For Britain"

[stefanig]

I’m immigrant and I agree with his words, it’s not about saying NO to all immigration. It’s about having a proper functioning system

[wildsurfer]

8 years on and sadly this warning has fallen on deaf ears.

[TheRaveMusicArchive]

7 years later and the problem has now become a crisis.

[Higgins]

He's seems flat-out exhausted arguing for this. He has the look and sound of despair and he's right.

[jebremocampo]

The title of this video does a disservice to the actual message. I'm a Filipino and have nothing to do with Britain. I see his point and think its true

[MrAdal]

As an African I can say I agree with Douglas. Britain has lost itself with immigration and to say that is not at all racist. I myself would not be pleased to find myself a minority in in my own country. National identity is important for many reasons. Unfortunately, it’s a crime to say that when you’re white.

[wishfix]

There is nothing racist here, just common sense.

[dr.weaklicksofcrashedcurse]

I have spent myself three years in London as an immigrant and I am thankful for the opportunity I had to enrich my bag of experiences. However I do believe that societies must protect a minimum of cultural homogeneity and preserve it for future generations, which the UK is not doing.

[jakecrosby]

Mass immigration is awful. We are overcrowded 63 million people on this small island.

[mchoe]

When I was in London, I went to Notting Hill and thought I was in the Middle East.

[wibblegorm]

This guy is a top-notch orator. Great speech, many truths spoken.

[riancreamer]

' . . . the speed and rate matters.' Yes - such a shame that such arguments are denied by so many. He speaks so well on such emotive subjects.

[Cindymatthew]

His words of wisdom and common sense just fell on deaf ears and here we are now!
Thank you Douglas! You are the voice of the sane in this strange time!!

[meowmeowmeow]

As a Romanian, I can totally understand his point. There is legal immigration, and there is mass migration. He talked about this back in the start of 2014, and his message is more important than ever now in 2021.

[Richcanvas]

This doesn't grow old or become less relevant as the weeks, months and years go by.

[Sionnach]

"I think it is right for people to have a place they call home, an identity they can be proud of; I think it for all people around the world, and I think it for the people of this country too."
Outstanding outro, uncontestable points. Bravo Douglas.

[erics]

The same thing is happening in Canada. I look around and think I am in East India. I no longer feel at home. Traitors have destroyed my country.

[joshuaphilip]

What Douglas said is pure common sense based on evidence and logic . But it’s scary and heart breaking to realize that some of the people of Europe has lost it .

[isaacbell]

I was born & bred in the east end of London, minutes from the docks.
Black Canadian dad who came during the war with the Canadian airforce.met my mother, 3rd generation east end Irish, & got wed in 49.
I was born in 1953 a brown kid in what was then overwhelmingly white working class & cockney.I loved it!!!
It was an environment with a culture deeply rooted in the east end, & yes once again almost totally white.I loved it.
That’s almost totally gone now, a victim of diversity. A system where the hosts are expected to change to suit the new comers, & not the reverse.
Where the indigenous culture is sacrificed for political correctness.
I miss the old east end culture.
I must be a racist mustn’t I!!!!