re: Britain Deploys Military, Closes Parliament, Cancels Changing of Guard

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Muslims were not the primary immigrantion issue people were worried about.

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agreed, for my BIL it was the Poles, for my FIL it was Muslims for others it was someone else, Muslim immigration was a large component though, British racism would make Bull Conner blush.

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UKIP is a joke

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Hmmm. United Kingdom INDEPENDENCE party, not sure how you class a successful group as a joke, perhaps you just don't agree with them and are not mature enough to step back and look at the big picture. A few guys got together and changed the course of a nation, you may not agree with them but they are far from a joke.

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As far as the current refugee issues, they could not just roll into the U.K. like they could walk around the rest of Europe.

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refugees yes you are correct, EU citizens could come and go as they wished and the threat of EU "homegrown" terrorist was sowed pretty heavy leading up to the referendum, esp after Paris.