The Diversity Illusion: What We Got Wrong about Immigration and How to Set It Right

2002 - ICM Research polling for the BBC:

• 47% of white Britons believed immigration had damaged British society (a belief shared by 22% of black and Asian Britons).
• 28% believed it had benefited British society.

2012 - YouGov polling for the Sunday Times:

• Only 11% of people believed that immigration in the past decade had been "a good thing for Britain."
• A significant 67% thought it had a negative effect.

Not only does a clear majority of the British public now seem to want immigration all but stopped, but there is also growing ambivalence about:

• Multiculturalism,
• Post-war immigration,
• And the very idea of 'diversity'.

How could this happen?

In this ground-breaking analysis, Ed West investigates:

• Who is responsible for Britain's current state of affairs.
• Why mass immigration has never been put to the vote.

He uncovers mismanagement spanning fifty years by the British establishment—on both the left and the right—and examines how two recent governments increased immigration for electoral advantage.

Ed West compellingly argues that Britain must confront the real impact of immigration, addressing the mounting concerns—even from the Left—about its consequences.

The picture of modern Britain he paints is a forceful warning: it’s time to stop subscribing to the diversity illusion.