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I was brought up in the Black Country by parents who possessed a deep English working-class patriotism.
That sense of national togetherness is now being torn to shreds as unprecedented levels of mass migration transform parts of our country beyond recognition. The disorienting rate of change is rarely discussed by our media elite, so the numbers bear repeating….
What I saw recently in Handsworth, Birmingham showed just how far things have declined. Palestinian flags fluttered on lampposts; the Union Flag or St George’s Cross couldn’t be seen. Men outnumbered women on the street, shop signs and posters were emblazoned in foreign languages (with 1 in 7 unable to speak English well) and over half of the population are out of work….