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  This Immigration situation is a classic example of the easy times of government opposition. The Conservatives were in opposition a long long time thanks to the Tony Blair phenomenon which catapulted Labour to power and kept them there...this after a considerable number of years for Labour in the cloth cap wilderness of outer mongolia (well, it might as well have been outer mongolia).
  
  But the new politics of personality is alive and well, Blair changed the status quo and now we have Cameron. The public image of a party now like never before depends on the public perception of the party's leader.
  
  But look underneath the image and media flair and you can see some of the pitfalls, or some of the shortfalls. The immigration situation is a case in point as mentioned above. For years the Tories, in the comfortable surrounds of opposition, were able to tell us time after time how we all got it so wrong on immigration and they had the sure fire fix. Step up to the plate though and the solutions are a lot harder than they appear from the cosy position of opposition.
  
  First of all you have the EU population flow as guaranteed under the Shengen agreement, then you have on top of that, our own employers in the hot ovens of London and beyond demanding immigrants from outside the EU as they need the low paid workers in order to be competitive with China and India. Chattering classes public opinion at the same time wants less foreigners marauding our streets. Sort that one out...

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