Peter James wrote:Post #539.Why do you keep referring to "Foreigners"? I object to xenophobic terms being used.
And whatever is wrong with a healthy bit of xenophobia? In evolutionary terms wariness in dealing with the 'other' seems to worked pretty well so far and as for an 'irrational fear' try telling that to an American Red Indian or whatever we are allowed to call them nowadays.
Personally I've always quite liked the idea that England is a place inhabited by the English mostly just as Europe is inhabited mainly by Europeans. If you talk to the nationals of most countries other than the PC self loathing inhabitants of Europe you will tend to find this view.
I suspect that if you went to some dreadful African hell-hole like Lagos and explained that it was hideously black and their life would be enriched by having a third of their population flown in from all over the world within a generation they would soon tell you where to go!