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Sunday, December 10. 2006

What did Tony Blair mean?

Britain's clever triangulator, who learned how to do it at the feet of the master, Bill Clinton, delivered a much-appreciated speech on immigration. Excerpts, plus the whole thing, on video at Flopping Aces (h/t, Sisu).

But was it really a speech which abandoned the notion of multiculturalism? Auster doubts it, as do I. I think he is trying to straddle the fence. Nevertheless, the speech was right. But like all talented politicians, you never know what they believe - if anything: everything they say is part of a game.

Addendum. Our commenter says:

You don't really even need to bother parsing his words, Bird Dog - net immigration has increased from 40k per year under the last conservative govt. to 250k at least under labor, and that's with a higher rate of emigration - many of them Brits running away from the multicultural paradise Labor is trying to create. Under such circumstances, "multiculturalism" is not just one policy approach that can be embraced or rejected, it's a fait accompli.
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You don't really even need to bother parsing his words, Bird Dog - net immigration has increased from 40k per year under the last conservative govt. to 250k at least under labor, and that's with a higher rate of emigration - many of them Brits running away from the multicultural paradise Labor is trying to create. Under such circumstances, "multiculturalism" is not just one policy approach that can be embraced or rejected, it's a fait accompli.
#1 Anonymous on 2006-12-11 19:06 (Reply)
well put.
#2 bird dog on 2006-12-12 06:06 (Reply)
Multiculturism? Fait accompli alright despite years of failure in Northern Ireland.
#3 Stu (Link) on 2006-12-17 23:17 (Reply)

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