Jules<p>"In 1997, only about 3% of people in Britain considered immigration a major issue. By the time of the 2016 Brexit referendum, it was nearly half. “Now it’s one of the top issues across Europe. That’s how politicised it has become – this tinderbox of an issue that doesn’t need to be,” says Kelly."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/10/i-dont-want-migrants-to-give-up-hope-why-nicola-kelly-betrayed-her-ex-colleagues-at-the-home-office" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/10/i-dont-want-migrants-to-give-up-hope-why-nicola-kelly-betrayed-her-ex-colleagues-at-the-home-office</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migration</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a></p>