[Angus]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

As the son of an immigrant, I have absolutely no problem with this. For those who are concerned can I ask what are the emotions you feel? Fear, anger, disgust, what exactly are you so concerned about? Losing the identity of 'white' Britain is surely only appropriate for people who can remember 'white' Britain. I fear most of you were not around when this country was almost exclusively white so why are you so bothered?

I think this is a very valid point - white Britons who have grown up in multicultural Britain will, for the most part, be unlikely to be worried about any loss of identity, since the British identity they have known all their lives is closely entwined with that of many other ethnicities.

However, this is still Britain, with it's own rich history, traditions, ceremonies etc.,contributed to and enhanced by immigrant culture over a much longer and protracted timespan than the mere 50 odd years we have recently lived through. So long as these traditions are respected and perpetuated, alongside those of other ethnicities I can see a future, a hundred years hence, when our British heritage will have assimilated all such influences, as it has always done throughout the centuries.