Lionel Shriver
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I think it's a lie.
I think it's a cop-out.
And it's getting out of it because it's too much trouble.
It is trouble.
Yeah, it's really like returning to basics.
It's what people have always found meaning in, always.
Having children, having a family, that's where your deepest bonds are and your biggest problems.
And we need to become more old fashioned.
The immigration situation?
I think on the ground, it turned around a long time ago.
And that's why there is so much popular rage on this point.
In the UK, the electorate has opted to elect government after government, which has promised them beforehand that they're going to bring down immigration to the tens of thousands.
And people are furious.
Indeed.
Furious.
They've been ignored.
Lied to.
Lied to, totally.
And I even, you know, I think Brexit was a vote of desperation.
I supported it for sovereignty reasons as well as, you know, to get a handle on immigration.