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70% of Labour voters in Britain want a sharp cut in immigration.<\/P>
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78% of voters in Alan Johnson\u2019s own constituency oppose his attitude to immigration.<\/P>
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New opinion polls, published today, show the Home Secretary is clearly out of touch with the public. Last week Alan Johnson told a House of Commons Committee that \u2018he does not lie awake at night\u2019 worrying that the population of the UK will reach 70 million and that he would not put a cap on the number of immigrants settling in the UK.<\/P>
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A YouGov opinion poll<\/a>, conducted shortly afterwards for think tank Migrationwatch, shows that his views are completely at odds with the vast majority of the population: <\/P>
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– 81% are worried (45% of which are \u2018very worried\u2019) about the prospect of a population of 70 million in 2028.<\/P>
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– 78% say that Alan Johnson is out of touch with people like them.<\/P>
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– 76% want to see net immigration cut from its present level of 237,000 a year to 50,000 or less a year. Of that 76%,32% want to see a policy of \u201cone in, one out\u201d while 22% want to see no immigration at all.<\/P>
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The party affiliations are also of interest…<\/P>
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See Full Press Release<\/a>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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