Word: labor
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There has not always been a truce between the parties. The Conservatives' Immigration Control Act of 1962 sparked a vitriolic debate in all Commonwealth nations. It was the first measure designed to curb the influx of colored immigrants from the Commonwealth countries into Britain, and the Labor party vehemently accused the Tories of racism, putting petty self-interest over and above the special bond between mother country and Commonwealth, and maliciously slamming the ceiling on any Commonwealth subject who wanted to better his economic situation by emigrating...
Faced with the problems of integrating what is now one million foreigners (two per cent of the population) into a social structure already in a state of transition, the Labor party has swung around a full 180 degrees on its former position. Experts predict that by the end of the century there will be 3 million non-white British citizens (or over four per cent of the population). This figure does not allow for any additional immigration, but takes into account the important fact that almost all the immigrant population is of child-bearing...
...nastier moments, reminiscent of the American dilemma in both tone and substance. In 1964 the Conservative candidate for Parliament in Smethwick, an ugly industrial town with a growing colored population, ran his campaign against Laborite Gordon Walker on the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labor. "The Conservative...
With these frightening statistics in mind, either party has only to look at the United States to persuade itself of the need for action. The Labor government is quietly feeling its way to yet another bill restricting immigration--helping individuals evade the present one has become a very lucrative and flourishing business...
...problem and the most controversial one remains what is to be done for the non-white subjects currently living in Britain. The issue now is open housing, and it is not certain whether the Labor Party can count on Conservative support to pass a bill which will undoubtedly stir up a hornets' nest of emotions. Unlike in this country, there is hope in Britain that the problem can be mastered. "We have great advantages (over America)," the Race Relations Board stated in their yearly report. "Our colored population has arrived here far more recently and patterns of behaviour both among...