Thanks for this.

I was going to make a comment to the effect that societal breakdown
is commonly attributed (well, by Migration Watch etc - who get an
extraordinary amount of airtime from the BBC, despite their lack of
any serious credentials in the subject) to immigration.

I looked at the BBC article and, lo and behold, immigration is there
again: final paragraph. But the word does not occur ONCE in the
report! Perhaps the BBC thought it should have done?

I sent this feedback to the BBC, via the web site:

>Your piece on the new "Changing Britain" report (Dorling et al) by
>Mark Easton devotes its last section to the impact of migration on
>communities, under the heading "Immigration impact". But immigration
>is not mentioned at all in the report. The word "migration" occurs 3
>times, in connection with internal migration by UK citizens. But
>there is nothing in the report to the effect that "London has been
>substantially affected with large-scale immigration thought to have
>had a big impact on traditional neighbourhoods."
>
>Where did this assertion come from?
>
>It seems to me that the BBC is misrepresenting this important report
>in a quite serious way, by representing it as part of the
>"immigration debate".

I hope other list members will also complain. Since Phil Woolas's
rise to power, the scapegoating of immigrants has become
frighteningly blatant: it is after all the time-honoured way for
unequal societies to respond to economic crises, which might
otherwise encourage challenges to their legitimacy.

Best regards,

Bob Hughes

>Community life in Britain has weakened substantially over the past 30 years,
>according to research commissioned by the BBC.
>
><http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7755641.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/775564\
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