Matt Bromley

Matt Bromley argues that immigration should be debated honestly without allowing public anger to blur distinctions between asylum seekers, recent arrivals and long-settled residents. Criticizing Nigel Farage’s continued defence of the Brexit-era Breaking Point poster and the mainstreaming of rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and Black people, he warns that such language makes ethnic minority communities’ belonging seem conditional and deepens social division. He says local politics, including Reform UK’s growing council presence, should focus on rising costs, public services, investment and opportunity rather than suspicion between neighbours, concluding that a confident Britain should not define itself through exclusion.