Why on earth would you ask that.
You don't need to be an immigrant to recognise the benefits that migration brings to the UK.
Because it would explain why Jeremy is so cross about it.
Knowing what the P stands for in Jeremy P it is possible that the Brexit vote may actually feel quite threatening to him, not just that he doesn't agree with it.
Especially the implication by some racists in this country that 'foreigners" should go home etc.
Jeremy is so cross about it that I just wondered if he is worried that the whole Brexit thing is a threat to him and his family.
If so, I'd like to reassure him that as far as I'm am concerned he is very welcome here.
I may not have the same insecurity because I am more invisible with a British sounding name.
It occurs to me Jeremy may see the Brexit vote as being a vote against him and his family, and see it as an emerging threat.
Plus he might also relate more to the polish people who have come here and made successful life for themselves and Brexit has created all sorts of uncertainties.
It's important to point out that I am welcoming of Jeremy and his family being here.
It's just he is so angry about it, I feel there is more to it.
The question was asked because I thought it might be more helpful to bring it into the open and then perhaps we can reassure Jeremy and maybe help him if something unpleasant did go off.
Well at least we could talk about things, maybe someone might be able to help.
I could of course be completely wrong, but maybe Brexit and some of the implications of it have caused people with a foreign sounding name to feel a bit insecure.
I think we need to understand that, if it does, because we need to make sure they are ok.
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