Yesterday, in a very good seminar on the Paris riots (2005/6), I was reminded of figures on religious and national identity. The speakers found it interesting that a higher proportion (81%) of British Muslims consider themselves first as a Muslim and second as British, compared to those in France (46%). This is seen as evidence [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 11, 2007
Cheats
One of the things I hear most when interviewing people about their ‘lot’ is an anger at cheats. Benefits fraud and illegal immigrants are blamed for making people poorer, but in a really unspecified way. I guess the main way they are blamed, is that they are taking resources (benefits, jobs) that could be spent [...]
