I also think that a lot of Right Wing complaints are directed at migrants that show a lot of naivety. Such as migrants clogging up public services. This is a funding issue really, in which migration and the migrant get the blame.

The actual truth is that its the failure of Governments to properly tax corporations on the profits that they make from the EU Right to Free Movement, but the right wing are reluctant to say this.

We've seen Corporate Tax cuts, breaks and contraction on wages, along with a reluctance to raise the minimum wage in line with inflation. For me, this represents a total failure of government to represent society and instead serve to empower corporate profits above all else.

Its notable that when 'the average joe' finds a loophole they can 'avoid tax' on, and it becomes popular, then its closed down or taxed rather quickly - usually after the popularity with the less average joe has diminished.

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Immigration is probably a contributory factor in the strain on public services, but it's one of many. The problem is the right tend to concentrate on immigration alone, with the assumption that, with less people, everything would be okay.

Other factors, such as chronic underfunding and cuts (exacerbated by a reluctance to close tax avoidance schemes for the rich and big business), an ageing population (in regards to the NHS in particular) and failures in the housing market are at least as important.

Only by addressing all these issues will anything change. Concentrating on immigration alone as being the root of all of our problems is naive.

To steal your cake analogy- all the ingredients are there for a much bigger cake, but the government won't make the rich give up the flour, eggs and butter. Immigrants have the baking powder. Or something.