Migrants are not to blame for Britain’s problems | Letters

A wave of hatred is sweeping Britain, with migrants blamed for a range of social ills. But migrants have not run down our public services, it's not them that failed to build the houses our economy needs and they don't cause a race to the bottom on wages or conditions. These are the results of political choices made by governments and corporations.

In fact, the free movement of people can build our collective power and creativity in the face of attempts by the super-rich to turn the world into a gigantic marketplace in which we are all isolated individuals competing against one another. Fear and hate further drives this isolation and undermines our ability to cooperate. It allows the already rich and powerful who have done so much damage to our country to win.