Let's talk about immigration.

So, I've told you my views on the economic arguments for remaining in the EU, but the polls suggest that immigration is the most important issue to the majority of voters, so let's talk about it:

Across the UK, according to 2014 figures, 13% of the population was born overseas.

In London, where I live, from the same figures, 37% of the population was born overseas.

In the London mayoral election this year, only 3.6% of those who voted, voted UKIP.

Douglas Carswell of UKIP won the 2014 by-election in Clacton, receiving 59.7% of the vote.

Only 4.3% of the population of Clacton was born overseas!

So, immigration is not an issue, fuelled by immigration!

Immigration is only an issue in areas of acute poverty, like Clacton.

In prosperous areas, like London, where immigration is nearly nine times as high as in Clacton, immigration isn't an issue!

Immigrants are blamed for taking jobs, doctors appointments, school places, from Brits.

Let's start with jobs:

In the 1980s, Harry Enfield created a character called 'Loadsamoney'.

'Loadsamoney' was a plasterer, inspired by reports that plasterers were in such short supply, that they could command £1,000 a day for their services, Around this time I was on jury service with a 20 year old plasterer from Bermondsey, and he confirmed that he could, and did, earn this sort of money. 12 years ago I worked for an FE college, where we couldn't get teachers for Plumbing, and other building trades courses. Why teach it, when you can earn a fortune doing it?

Then, we won the Olympics, and craftsmen from all over Europe descended on London to build the venues, thank goodness, because we wouldn't have built the Olympics without them. It was a real struggle finding a plumber in London, 10 years ago, without paying through the nose. I now know 2 in my street. Maybe that's why Londoners don't seem to have a problem with immigrants.

Doctors appointments:

The UK has 2.71 doctors per 1,000 of population. Of the 27 EU nations, only Slovenia, Romania, & Poland, have fewer doctors. Greece has more than 6 doctors per 1,000 of population. Greece!
That's why we can't get doctors appointments, we haven't got enough doctors.
That's down to the government, not immigrants!

School places:

We don't have enough schools, but under this government, the only new schools are free schools, or academies. Free schools & academies appear where the sponsors want to build them, not where the need is. Local authorities are crying out to build more schools in areas of increasing population, but they can't.
That's down to the government, not immigrants!

The government, and the right wing press, have been happy to let immigrants get blamed for the government's shortcomings, instead of placing the blame where it should be. That's why Cameron is struggling to get the Remain message across, as he has to fight back against the arguments he's been happy to see peddled with such enthusiasm.