Now, our capital city has long been a jewel in Britain’s crown. But in recent years, its allure seems to be fading.
I’ve lived in London on and off since 1981, and I can tell you it no longer feels like the same city. Millions of Londoners seem to agree, having voted with their feet and left the capital for pastures new.
For many, one factor above all stands out as driving this change: mass, uncontrolled immigration. A bombshell new article by writer and author David Goodhart pulls back the curtain on the disintegration of this once-great city.
London has been majority ethnic minority since the mid-2000s. In 1980, the white British population stood at around 85 per cent. Today, it's less than one-third in Greater London. In the capital’s schools, just one in five children are now white British.
'London has been majority ethnic minority since the mid-2000s.'
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London also has a disproportionate number of single-parent families.
More than 40 per cent of children in the city are now growing up in single-parent households — particularly in areas like Southwark, Lambeth, Islington, Lewisham, Hackney, and more.
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Many of these families, of course, come from migrant backgrounds.
And nearly half of London’s social housing is occupied by households where the head was born outside the UK.
These homes are subsidised at an annual cost of more than £4 billion to the taxpayer.
Perhaps most shocking of all: London’s illegal migrant population could be as high as 500,000, based on a national estimate of just over one million.
Many of the 160,000 illegal migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats since 2018 are now in London.
And I use the term Londoners loosely. Because the ease of settling in the capital without making any effort to socially integrate is, in my view, dividing the city more than ever before.
We’ve seen frequent outbursts of protest and violence on our streets as recently as this morning outside the Iranian embassy.
These protests are often driven by political or social causes thousands of miles from the UK.
Nearly half of London’s social housing is occupied by households where the head was born outside the UK
PAYet the same groups seem far less concerned by issues affecting British people here at home.
They’re noticeably silent on topics like the grooming gangs, for example. Here’s how I feel and it saddens me to say it.
London ought to be the symbol of our great nation. But it’s not a nation I recognise anymore.
And frankly, it’s not one I particularly want to live in. When I look at the streets of London today, I no longer recognise what I see.
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