marie nicol

Polling shows that over a quarter of Scots think immigration is one of the most important issues facing Scotland. The Holyrood establishment would have you believe that the issue is being whipped up by rhetoric – that Reform has somehow convinced so many rational, intelligent Scots to believe in a non-existent problem. They are wrong. People are not angry at foreigners for being foreign. It has nothing to do with the colour of people’s skin or the place of their birth. To think that a quarter of Scots would hold such views is not only ludicrous but insulting. They are angry because the political class has created a system that is unfair. And because when this unfairness is pointed out, they are told by John Swinney that there is "no place for rhetoric” on the issue at all. Scots are proud to take in their fair share of genuine refugees, and welcoming of immigrants who contribute the skills we lack. But what we have seen lately is the arrival of an unprecedented number of people who have come here because they've heard, correctly, that they can simply turn up and get something for nothing. We cannot blame them for being opportunistic, if that's what our system offers. Although border control is reserved to Westminster, it is because of Scottish laws, unique to Scotland, that we’re seeing such an acute problem. It is thanks to unjust loopholes in the Scottish welfare system, introduced and overseen by Holyrood, that we are seeing queue-jumping on an industrial scale. What these loopholes have created is an absurd situation where you can come to England illegally on a boat, and then, once your asylum application is granted, come straight to Scotland presenting as homeless – because Holyrood's laws, unlike England’s, demand that any Scottish council must house all applicants in temporary accommodation at the taxpayer's expense, regardless of priority of need. This loophole is putting Scottish councils under financial strain, and it is forcing them to prioritise perfect strangers – people who have never so much as visited Scotland – over residents in need. Glasgow City Council, via Freedom of Information request, has revealed it is providing temporary accommodation for 9,337 people, of whom 64% originally came to the UK as asylum seekers. On hotels and B&Bs alone, it paid £55m last year – almost 15% of all its council tax revenues – and has been forced to raise council tax by 5.9% this April. And that’s not even including the cost of paying market rates to find them accommodation in the private rental sector, or using up their already-stretched social housing. In council after council across Scotland, the waiting list for social housing – the long, long queue of residents – is being told to wait indefinitely, until the backlog of these rapidly rising homelessness applications is dealt with first. What people are frustrated about is unequal treatment: the frustration that all decent people feel when they stand in an orderly queue alongside everyone else, and then someone turns up out of nowhere and skips to the front – because Holyrood actively encourages them to do so. Reform does not blame immigrants for being opportunistic when the system actively incentivises them, as I’ve said time and time again. But we do have a bone to pick with the politicians who have created and presided over this unfair system, and who are unapologetic about it – who will not so much as discuss trying to fix it, let alone actually do anything about it. So no, it is not the words of Reform that are responsible for the very real and growing divisions in Scottish society. It is the actions of John Swinney and his ilk who have created this division – and who even pat themselves on the back for the appearance of being inclusive and kind. Well, people have had enough. On May 7th, with your votes, we will once again put the people of Scotland first.

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