Ie it's not just politicians that are less intellectual; I suspect this extends to corporate leaders, activists, artists?

I'm not sure if it's the (sole) cause but I think the media has also impacted civil society & rights based arguments. Stuart Hall was a regular commentator on race on the BBC, which also commissioned him & 4 other academics to discuss race in Britain in 1978. Not sure Hall has a comparator today

Look the West/Christianity all went downhill when Constantine converted in 312

You're right to point out that it wasn't *all* positive, particularly for the NHS doctors in question. As your story also shows, in the end even in the 1970s and 1980s white British people soon came to terms with the fact of Black and Asian doctors and nurses providing them with health care

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Thank you for sharing

My Irish grandparents (born 1918) welcomed a Pakistani migrant as their son in law

Or rather, even their great grandparents

Eg:

Commentator/politicians born in 1985,

Their parent born 1960,
Grandparent born 1930,
Great grandparents 1900,

Who would have been 71 in 1971, 14 yrs before our opinionated commentator was born

That 1 in 3 NHS doctors were overseas born in 1971 and that this has remained roughly the case ever since (despite changes in EU membership, migration policy and figures) seems less understood than it should be?

Note also: even in 1971 a British patient was somewhat likely to know a migrant doctor

Yes, when I wrote a briefing on the impact of these changes around 2012-14, I was interviewed on Ch 4 news for a debate and asked 'isnt it true Bangladeshi people are poor because they have too many babies'

It's not a new argument, as you say

Yeah, tho (some of) Hungary's policies do benefit poor people

Building on your point: many are ethnonationalists and as biological racists only want white babies; less observed is they also think poor people have 'worse genes' [sic], and are eugenicists about class too

Ok the coverage of the migration stats is somehow even worse turning it off now

I reckon this won't be true for maybe 30% of high earners, but also why do the (purported) views of 10% override the material benefits to 50%, and why describe benefitting half of society as an 'unwelcome burden'?

Every few months I check out the modern house website and am alternatively surprised at the *relative* reasonableness of some and the absolute outrageous prices and decor of others and how little I understand pricing (I guess that means supply and demand) beyond, say, £1.5-2m, but esp over £5m

I went through every proclamation once. The first to mention the Plymouth colony was JFK. Before the 1940s, the proclamations at most mentioned "an ancient tradition" of thanksgiving festivals.