UK immigration debate with Reform's Richard Tice and Professor Jonathan Portes | The Daily T Podcast

For this special episode of The Daily T, Kamal and Camilla do a deep dive into one of the thorniest issues in politics: immigration.

How much is too much? Are immigrants the reason our NHS is barely able to cope and there aren't enough houses?

Or are they a scapegoat for other problems? Are immigrants necessary for economic growth and give more to British culture than they take?

To answer all these questions and more, Kamal and Camilla are joined by Reform UK's chairman Richard Tice and by Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at the School of Politics & Economics of King's College, London and a senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe.

They also unveil some exclusive Savanta polling on public views about immigration, plus share some readers' letters on the issue.

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[frankbirch]

Tice is very clear in exposing the problem of excess immigration.

[johnlesoudeur]

Ivory tower lecturer obviously does not live in Bradford.

[Cashclever]

Is the professor in coo coo land …… not enough homes…
That one reason alone tells me is is talking rubbish
I’m voting reform
He needs sacking clearly he knows nothing

[homewithemma]

But hang on, the tax payer is paying for hundreds/thousands of ILLEGAL immigrants staying in hotels and barges around the country. How is this a benefit to our economy?? Balls to the first guy. Vote Reform🇬🇧

[sheilarabjohns]

Richard Tice is the only person that got any sense and respect for the every day person

[bitcoinstacker]

👉ask the seaside towns about (illegal) immigration now and see what they have to say on this issue

[kennethmaley]

That professor is the reason why this country is in the state it is. VOTE REFORM UK.

[coinhistory]

Smug, patronising, not living in the real world. Guess who I am talking about.

[dj]

What a load of cobblers from this economist, try telling people that all those illegal immigrants put up in hotels that the tax payer is paying to keep at 8 million a day, how is that benefitting our economy and as for foreign students, they don't improve of economy.

[HenrySlade-ir]

Only one winner here, well done Richard. Vote Reform and get our country back.

[leeeeee]

These two would love to see the UK become less British through mass immigration if it means more economic units. They couldn't care less about preserving British culture as they demonstrated clearly in their self-congratulatory postamble. Vote Reform 🇬🇧

[Andrew-isrs]

Maggie would be turning in her grave knowing that 20x the amount of migration EVERY YEAR than in her time.

[patrickobrien]

This clueless wants to open the floodgates so we can become a Muslim state

[mackerelbasher]

I love these idiots making fools of themselves when the truth is plain to see. Vote Reform and get our country back before it’s too late

[Gozzillacia]

There are two separate issues in this: - the erasure, or swamping, or dilution of Britishness, of the concept of - "the British as a people" - by mass foreign invasion. Swamped by people who are totally alien to our traditions - by people who hold no affection for the actualities of our history, heritage, or hinterlands. Of our 1000 years of development as a people.
And the second aspect is the threat of Islamic takeover. Something simply ignored here. The issue that we are all supposed to bury our heads in the sand over, the metastasis of fascistic Islamism within our country.

The Telegraph is utter pish. These ostrich types will bring this country to the point of civil war. Have no doubt. It's a tragedy.

[Shmimbleton]

Richard Tice vs 2 smug technocrats who know better than all of us

[WeVotedLeaveEU]

Vote Reform and let’s save our children’s future.

[alanpettifer]

What planet does that Professor live on? He talks absolute nonsense.

[hobartmg]

This Professor is talking a load of crap.

[bottleneck]

We have 9 million people of working age not working. The NHS formed in 1948 has ten times more staff today in 2024. Much of the increase taken up by foreign staff. Before mass immigration the UK was the most successful country in the world. Richard is right.