Full and original article posted on Worcester Business Journal
In the British elections this July, the conservative party was swept out of power after more than a decade of rule. While the reasons were many, the New York Times in its post-mortem analysis said the party failed to live up to its promises following the Brexit split with the European Union, which party leaders claimed would help stem the flow of immigrants into the country.
Turns out, most British voters are largely fine with individual immigrants they know, especially the doctors and nurses who have joined their understaffed National Health Service. However, the bulk of voters still oppose the overall concept of immigration, and numbers showing still-rising levels of immigration into their country were too much for the conservative party to overcome. To no one’s surprise, immigration is shaping up to be one of the top issues in this year’s U.S. elections, with both presidential candidates talking up their toughness on the southern border.
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