It's strange how the conservative party in the UK has now become the party of the anywheres. I don't think it is in the interests of many MP's within the party to be conservative in the British sense, as in English for England, Scottish for Scotland, etc. To uphold the traditions and culture of those areas as those will be unique. They've embraced the melting pot and seeing Britain as a dream place to live...

It's also not in their interests to resolve the immigration problem. That is how more people like them stay in the country, how they find people like them.

I've just been thinking about why it is that what the people voted for hasn't been implemented, why it is that they aren't resolving the problems that the natives have. Things are much different than I imagined. Like I've been sold a pipe dream of what it is like in Britain.

I wonder if this is the fate of imperial powers, of Empires? I wonder how much of Rome had this problem with the rulers not being natives?

@sim Rome fell in part because they stopped respecting newcomers - after the Roman leaders they had Spanish, then Illyrian. They balked at Germanic and the Empire fell.

@sim That being said, Britain is no longer an empire and the way forward, IMO, is more decentralisation and localism

@skells Yeah, although I fear that it may be too late without some deterrent. Something to convince non-natives that they are better off living elsewhere. That is if you think that traditions and culture are worth maintaining. Which I think they are, because otherwise we devolve into consumerism and identity politics. We don't have a clear idea of who we are as a people. Makes me wish that I was born into an African tribe sometimes, even though they know poverty... they are strong where we are weak.

@sim a good deal of that consumerism is fuelled by cheap money; people are floated above reality by monetary policy and have the freedom to experiment and take risks.

with the economy coming into a genuine slowdown people will be forced to husband their energies and get their feet back on the ground - with the added benefit of all the diversity we have seen join the country, fresh blood, fresh ideas are all good as long as they don't overwhelm the spirit of a country.