It is my experience that the last but one immigrant group always slags off the latest one. Whether it is West Indians, East Africans or eastern Europeans, it is almost a rite of passage. They do it because they are insecure. The fact that we hear the children of immigrants complaining about more recent immigrants speaks to their insecurity, rather than proving that their critique is based on fact.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Diane Abbott
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 October 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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