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Immigration seems to be the government's short term solution of papering over cracks in it's deficiency in responding to an ageing population. I'm certainly no socio-economist, but surely the government should be thinking more in terms of promoting having more children in British couples with tax advantages and better financial support for couples with more than one child, and creating advertising campaigns and better informing the population of the need for more children. If I recall rightly something similar was attempted in France some years back with results I cannot remember.
The main cultural issues to be addressed is the complete lack of solidarity in the British people, and the unwillingness of many immigrants to assimilate. While British culture has always been one of being fairly aloof and cold in comparison to others, now British society raises people to believe that being white and having pride in being British (I'm only half white and not even born in the UK, yet because I am part of a predominantly white social group can sense the strength of this and feel it myself) has an immediate connotation with being racist (thank you BNP, thank you very much) and unless you are an apologetic liberal and have no qualms with anything done by those of a foreign culture or skin colour are viewed as having somewhat fascist tendencies, regardless of the objection. The politically correct environment is incredibly tedious too and is readily exploited by many minorities in the workplace, the justice system, and everyday life.
The unwillingness of minorities and immigrants to assimilate has never been much of a problem, but with the rapidly rising numbers it has become a cause for concern among many. While 'British' culture has the stigma attached to it, foreign cultures are protected and encouraged to thrive and all the while growing bigger with rising levels of immigration.
Even writing this I feel like a fascist even though broadly speaking I have liberal views and hate racism, have obviously not explored the huge issue fully. However, objectively speaking (as objective as you can get on social commentary at any rate) I think the majority of British born people, regardless of skin colour, who do not attribute themselves to a foreign culture would agree with most of these points. Again, feel free to point out any flaws, fallacies or inaccuracies in my post.