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| John Crace writes in his review of the BBC2 programme Married in Britain (Last Night's TV, G2, 18 January), which followed the weddings of several foreign-born British citizens, that he found "their enthusiasm for each other and all things British almost contagious". Except he couldn't quite believe it, "feeling that there is a far greater number" who come here who must take a less rose-tinted view. Immigrants and new citizens are people like the rest of us: some will be happy and some sad; they will be both successful and struggling. However, on balance, the evidence weighs against Crace's intuition. Ipsos Mori's State of the Nation 2013 poll finds those born abroad are indeed most positive about Britain. Immigrants are optimistic (35%, compared with 33% pessimistic) about the year ahead; the British-born are pessimists (47%, compared with 19% optimists). Those who have chosen to come here do seem to see our strengths more clearly. Sunder Katwala Director, British Future | John Crace writes in his review of the BBC2 programme Married in Britain (Last Night's TV, G2, 18 January), which followed the weddings of several foreign-born British citizens, that he found "their enthusiasm for each other and all things British almost contagious". Except he couldn't quite believe it, "feeling that there is a far greater number" who come here who must take a less rose-tinted view. Immigrants and new citizens are people like the rest of us: some will be happy and some sad; they will be both successful and struggling. However, on balance, the evidence weighs against Crace's intuition. Ipsos Mori's State of the Nation 2013 poll finds those born abroad are indeed most positive about Britain. Immigrants are optimistic (35%, compared with 33% pessimistic) about the year ahead; the British-born are pessimists (47%, compared with 19% optimists). Those who have chosen to come here do seem to see our strengths more clearly. Sunder Katwala Director, British Future |
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