I think Kadija Sesay is missing the point with her article in the Guardian today about the "illegal migrants go home" mobile poster vans:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/23/anti-immigrant-ad-campaign-racism
Crude though they may be, the vans are intended to achieve an important objective. They are a trap for the Labour party. This outrageous reaction to the on-going issue of migration is intended to be talked about in the press and to achieve a high-level of awareness in the general population. Some will be supportive of the vans, many (perhaps most) will be appalled by them, everyone will be aware of them. The outrage among lefties will reach such a pitch that the vans will be removed - literally driven off the streets. The impression that will remain is that the Conservatives are trying to do something about illegal migration (however awkwardly), the Labour party wants illegal migration to continue.
And everything will then be nicely set up for 2015.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/23/anti-immigrant-ad-campaign-racism
Crude though they may be, the vans are intended to achieve an important objective. They are a trap for the Labour party. This outrageous reaction to the on-going issue of migration is intended to be talked about in the press and to achieve a high-level of awareness in the general population. Some will be supportive of the vans, many (perhaps most) will be appalled by them, everyone will be aware of them. The outrage among lefties will reach such a pitch that the vans will be removed - literally driven off the streets. The impression that will remain is that the Conservatives are trying to do something about illegal migration (however awkwardly), the Labour party wants illegal migration to continue.
And everything will then be nicely set up for 2015.
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