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The view from Goodwin Towers.

"Matt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ

It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.
It’s not Nigel Farage.
It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations.
6:40 AM · Jun 10, 2026
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12.1M Views"

https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/2064583575530287577

Who seriously thinks there is a "deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders"?

Anyone on here? Do you @Andy_JS, whom I have always taken to be a serious and considered contributor?

You may think, as I do, that the policy is underfunded and poorly implemented with leaky borders. You may further think the policy is too lax, etc.

But a deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders? Really?

Well, effectively it is, because that’s what we have. It might be policy to wish it were otherwise, because government can’t think of a nice way of stopping it.
If we were in a tank with water levels rising, and our approach were simply to wish that it were not, I think it would be reasonable to say that there is a deliberate policy of uncontrolled flooding.

The boat crossings arent in any sense mass immigration. They are 35-40k per year, about 0.05% of our population.

The rest of immigration is not uncontrolled.

If you are dancing on the head of a pin about the meaning of the word ‘uncontrolled’ then, well, I suppose we should be grateful to the good burghers of Gorton and Denton.

I am not dancing on a pinhead. Merely asking for people to understand that a government that reduces immigration by 75% over two years is one which is controlling it.

The uncontrolled bit was from the politicians of Reform.

The view from Goodwin Towers.

"Matt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ

It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.
It’s not Nigel Farage.
It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations.
6:40 AM · Jun 10, 2026
·
12.1M Views"

https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/2064583575530287577

Who seriously thinks there is a "deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders"?

Anyone on here? Do you @Andy_JS, whom I have always taken to be a serious and considered contributor?

You may think, as I do, that the policy is underfunded and poorly implemented with leaky borders. You may further think the policy is too lax, etc.

But a deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders? Really?

Well, effectively it is, because that’s what we have. It might be policy to wish it were otherwise, because government can’t think of a nice way of stopping it.
If we were in a tank with water levels rising, and our approach were simply to wish that it were not, I think it would be reasonable to say that there is a deliberate policy of uncontrolled flooding.

The boat crossings arent in any sense mass immigration. They are 35-40k per year, about 0.05% of our population.

The rest of immigration is not uncontrolled.

Morning all

First, we need to condemn without reservation the mob violence in Belfast last night. It's a strange world where we think two wrongs make a right and whatever happened with the attack which by the way was heinous and, if proven, the perpetrator needs to feel the full weight of the law, doesn't in any way justify or condone forcing people out of their homes and burning said properties.

We know Northern Ireland has a history of "ethnic cleansing" in this manner and it's something with which the authorities need to take control and stop.

A "long hot summer" then it seems with anyone looking at anyone else in a funny way liable to bring the mobs out on the streets for a bit of impromptu street entertainment. That's the way it is now, apparently? People get angry at the slightest thing radicalised no doubt by the misinformation and disinformation on X and elsewhere and out they come thinking somehow, well, what are they thinking?

If I may say so, your last paragraph doesn't really fit with the first one. A decapitation attempt (which you rightly describe as heinous) cannot be categorised as a slight thing.

And speedily dealt with by the police, with the culprit in custody.

So why the pogrom?

Government policy is to put more people like the person who maimed Stephen Ogilvie or the person who murdered Rhiannon Whyte into our communities. They're not just unfortunate random incidents but the predictable consequence of choices made by the state.

The state made Wayne Cousins a law enforcement officer, not once but twice. Bad people are bad people irrespective of ethnicity or occupation.

Two wrongs hardly make a right. If you take the view that the one of the state's failings can't be fixed because it has other failings, no reform of any sort is possible.

Unfortunately the track record of the UK Somali community isn't great. Young men fleeing a 3rd world war zone often aren't particularly well conditioned to live in a peaceful western society, which probably accounts for their over-representation in the violent phyco category. The easiest solution would be to stop accepting imports of such young men, on the basis that they are more trouble than they're worth.

It's worth noting that as a nation we accepted a load of Ukrainian refugees very willingly, because they were mainly women and children, with broadly western values, fleeing a conflict zone.

You'll need to visit South Shields which has had an established community since the 19th Century. You seem to have picked up a Twitter infection.

The Somali community in SS have, as you said, been there since the 19th Century, and have had several generations to adjust to British culture. Those arriving now from Somalia, less so.

May I disagree with your broad brush about Somalis and other immigrants on one hand but agree with the adjustment comment. I've dealt with immigrants and have helped them making claims for their legal entitlements. They are normal people by and large but do have some traits that require adjustment.

For example, I've helped one with a traffic fine and was amazed he needed insurance and a driving licence. Others have attitudes to woman that would require adjustment, some significantly so. Usually a brush with authority and the courts adjusts peoples' perceptions. So I will circle back this argument to funding the courts and the police.

I’m an immigrant where I live. It’s my job to research the laws that apply here, and if found guilty of anything more serious than dropping litter or speeding I’m liable to find myself deported.

I’ll go straight from the courthouse to the airport, and if I wish to apply to come back that’s at my own expense and from overseas.

Why should the UK be any different?

You know why it's different as you lose your visa, job and home if you transgress in Dubai. Son was there for 3-4 years.

ILR or Refugee status is a different set of laws. And you also know that to change these laws requires people to invest time in campaigning, getting votes, writing the proposed legislation, and winning votes for it.

The result of which is a high-trust society, which means there’s very little acquisitive crime nor public disorder. It’s what happens when people know they’ll be deported if they offend their hosts.

I don't know which Dubai you are living in as it's full of some very shady characters. One acquaintance who had lived there and built a successful business there (which the ubiquitous local silent partner) said it was full of people who would rip you off. Perhaps you've not been there long enough to enjoy that type of company yet.

Thankfully not, only two decades this year.

The view from Goodwin Towers.

"Matt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ

It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.
It’s not Nigel Farage.
It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations.
6:40 AM · Jun 10, 2026
·
12.1M Views"

https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/2064583575530287577

Who seriously thinks there is a "deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders"?

Anyone on here? Do you @Andy_JS, whom I have always taken to be a serious and considered contributor?

You may think, as I do, that the policy is underfunded and poorly implemented with leaky borders. You may further think the policy is too lax, etc.

But a deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders? Really?

Well, effectively it is, because that’s what we have. It might be policy to wish it were otherwise, because government can’t think of a nice way of stopping it.
If we were in a tank with water levels rising, and our approach were simply to wish that it were not, I think it would be reasonable to say that there is a deliberate policy of uncontrolled flooding.

The boat crossings arent in any sense mass immigration. They are 35-40k per year, about 0.05% of our population.

The rest of immigration is not uncontrolled.

I think there is a further point here.

The boat crossings reinforce the perception of a lack of control, while historically high levels of legal migration reinforce that perception rather than challenge it.

There is also a scale issue. 40,000 people may be a tiny percentage of a country of nearly 70 million, but people don’t experience immigration at the level of the UK as a whole. They experience it locally.

A few dozen arrivals in a small town, a local hotel being used for accommodation, pressure on GP appointments, school places or housing can be highly visible even when the national numbers look insignificant.

That doesn’t mean every concern is justified, nor that every perceived impact is caused by immigration. But it does help explain why arguments based solely on national percentages often fail to persuade people whose experience is much more immediate and local.

The view from Goodwin Towers.

"Matt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ

It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.
It’s not Nigel Farage.
It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations.
6:40 AM · Jun 10, 2026
·
12.1M Views"

https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/2064583575530287577

Who seriously thinks there is a "deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders"?

Anyone on here? Do you @Andy_JS, whom I have always taken to be a serious and considered contributor?

You may think, as I do, that the policy is underfunded and poorly implemented with leaky borders. You may further think the policy is too lax, etc.

But a deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders? Really?

Well, effectively it is, because that’s what we have. It might be policy to wish it were otherwise, because government can’t think of a nice way of stopping it.
If we were in a tank with water levels rising, and our approach were simply to wish that it were not, I think it would be reasonable to say that there is a deliberate policy of uncontrolled flooding.

The boat crossings arent in any sense mass immigration. They are 35-40k per year, about 0.05% of our population.

The rest of immigration is not uncontrolled.

If you are dancing on the head of a pin about the meaning of the word ‘uncontrolled’ then, well, I suppose we should be grateful to the good burghers of Gorton and Denton.