Im not from UK but visiting the country it feels like I'm in some middle-eastern country... How does a country allow for itself to loose it's heritage and culture in such a horrible and rapid way?!?

I've always been very positive about immigration, but after what I've seen in the UK in recent years I've been turned off immigration for life Immigration has divided us and created so much negativity. It is a lie that we need immigrants. I'm now, for the first time in my life, totally against immigration. It's simply not worth the hassle.

Godfrey Bloom is a gem ... he says it like it really is and pulls no punches.

You could see this was hard to swallow for most of the audience

Immigration is great for massive tycoons, but very damaging for the working class

Absolutely spot on, and things are even worse now in 2023. 🤔 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A great speaker. Of course what he says is true. It is quite obvious we need to control our borders it is simply a fact of decent management of any country.

Well said that man, and I'm delighted that this is being spoken to our University students of today.

Our tiny island is overcrowded. House prices are now out of reach for most people,our NHS even before Covid struggled to cope as do our schools and infra structure.Our roads are full to bursting as are our towns and cities. One side effect of huge immigration is that many Brits are now left in areas where they are very much in the minority in that part of the town.Consequently they experience loneliness as they are often the only English speakers in that street.Corner shops they used either shut down or change hands and sell food they don't eat but the immigrants prefer. No one seems to speak up for those stuck in such circumstances,and if you do,you are labelled a racist.Many are in the generation that fought for our freedom in WW2, and it's a disgrace they've been treated so shabbily.

He is right. As wrong as it sounds, he is right. Maybe it's not nice, or sounds awfull but that won't make it any less true.

It's not a problem when you have ,say , point 1 maximum of the population as immigrants. The problem has come from decades of more and MORE ! Such that chunks of cities feel like foreign countries. Alien customs and religions come in and make the original population feel uneasy. Plus the lack of integration makes even more fear and division. Especially when you get demonstrations calling for beheading of anyone who speaks out.... IT IS NOT A RACE THING, IT IS A SPACE THING. We don't hate ANYone. But our hospitality is being stretched too far...... We struggled for many centuries to make a civilised country.... Is it better now than in the 1950's? We weren't fearful then....... This is a small island, and we are vastly overcrowded. 1000per square mile in England is a disaster for the future, and no wonder we have fear : The STATED Intention is to conquer us by out-breeding us. Isn't that a charming way to be thanked for accommodating 7 million 'extras' since 1997 ?

Very true, we have had too much immigration over the years and it’s time that some of these politicians realised this !

Who the fuck titled this? It's mal-formed. He says from the start that immigration in itself is neither good nor bad. The motion should be is MASS immigration bad, or free movement. Not immigration as a whole.

Why must a country risk destroying itself for those who don’t care if they destroy the country?

The number of white British people in the capital fell by 620,000 - equivalent to the entire population of Glasgow moving out. The consequence, as revealed by the latest census, is that white Brits are now in a minority in London, making up just 45% of its residents.

Large scale movement anywhere is trouble. From, Bradford to the Costa del Sol, Dubai to Paris. Rich dominating poor, and the desperate undercutting wages of ordinary working people . Slavery, indentured workers, urban working classes, just a case of exploitation and power abuse. We need true civilization.

God bless you Godfrey

We should all be thankful that the Oxford union records and uploads these speeches, I just wish they also uploaded the whole unedited debates as a single file, with results of the vote at the end. Apart from that, THANK YOU.

This guy gets it!

Having a country which is ever more socialist and taxes the native population to provide socialist benefits like free healthcare and the welfare state, and then opening borders to the entire world...it's just idiotic and will quickly become a race to the bottom. I say we let people put their money where their mouth is, if you want the borders open then let's calculate the tax increase we'll need to support unchecked immigration and lets exclusively tax those people who support it, so only they are paying for that decision, and not those people who oppose it. In the long run socialism has to go and we need to become a capitalistic country where peoples standards of living are correlated with their contributions to the market, then the people wanting to move to the UK won't be millions of poor people looking to scrounge off benefits, but free marketeers who want to provide value to everyone else and make a good living for themselves. More freedom, more liberty and more quality living for everyone who can live peacefully together with us.

Based Godfrey! I quite like his jacket. Keep giving leftists incredible asspain, one day you will be remembered as a hero

Excellent speaker! The problem is the level of immigration has been too high for comfort. Its not that immigration itself is a problem. Dont be fooled by politicians who keep saying immigration is good so, having too much is also good.

MAY THE SPIRIT OF ENOCH POWEL WATCH OVER US.WHY DID WE NOT LISTEN???

I'm not racist, I've got lots of friends from Bongo Bongo Land.

if people are so much in migrating to uk ... i donot understand why they fought for freedom... why donot these immigrats ask uk to re conolise thier country again.. whats the point in blaming britain for ruling the world

The title given to this video (and ditto the one with Douglas Murray) is misleading, presumably deliberately. That was not the argument. The motion was "postwar Britain has seen too much immigration". Not at all the same thing.

i agree with Godfrey about immigration, but not about state provision of healthcare and welfare. the problem as he rightly points out is that these foundations of a civilised society which can not be expected to provide for a open door immigration policy. with regard to jobs for the youth in our country it is through his own ideology that a lack of training and investment into the children of our country has been replaced by the buying in of skills from abroad which has led to what we now see

Bring them in, but no citizenship (ever) - not for them or their children. Only residency visas which must be renewed. And after a certain term, no more renewals. Pretty much like the Gulf countries.

I don't understand for the life of me, why any native British people think that we should have any immigration at all. A few people from neighbouring countries maybe, who don't need to become citizens, or have the rights of citizens, could live in Britain, so that free trade could be assisted. Why would we even be interested in hearing the opinions of a "fellow English person" about nationality and nation. In a proper market economy any labour shortages would automatically be compensated for by changes in relative wages. The people most interested in opening Britain or any other successful nation to mass immigration, are those who are very often immigrants themselves, who only see our countries as "economic spaces" to be consumed and abused as they think fit. 99% of British people don't benefit at all from immigration, unless you think it so important to have Indian or Chinese restaurants. Even these could be offered by entrepreneurial Brits. Throughout history only defeated peoples allowed their countries to be settled by people from other cultures. What has already happened only makes sense if you consider the politicians as stooges of foreign industrial and banking interests.

Moderation is not an EU policy.

South Africa is civilised? News to me!

6:50 omg their faces

As the titular Yorkshireman said 'I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say'. That is being English.

What is happening in some European countries today is demographic colonisation.

The Rate of immigration makes all the difference. Imagine. If the rate of immigration is so high that 55% of Britain is made up of New Citizens from say China. Then, Britain would have lost its identity. If only 5% are new citizens, then these would not be able to dominate Britain identity. If 55%, native brits would have become a minority. In a democracy, majority rules. Then, the native brits would have to assimilate with the majority Chinese brits. Not the other way round. British identity would then be lost forever because these new citizens are here to stay.

So true that UK has seen too much immigration and about the immigration policy of the right skill set and nothing more

ITS AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY ✌🇬🇧

In 2021 the national opinion has evolved. We don't just want a stop to immigration. We need a fully supported repatriation system no matter how long you've been living here. A third, second, first generation migrant it doesn't matter. It needs to be positivly encouraged and financially backed for all none natives.

I idolise this man.

Can’t wait to view this, I love Godfrey Bloom. He talks sense!

Economic and on a cultural level too much can damage the pattern of a more desired higher form of society.

Patriots please share this everywhere!! We must save the UK!! The UK needs you!! Godfrey Bloom was right all along!!

Great speech, so right!

Allow immigration when everyone here has a job, housing,...and our health services and schools are not burgeoning with vagrants and benefit moochers arriving here from everywhere on earth with outstreached hands.!

Ah just seen the date published. I doubt he would be allowed to say that now

Yeah, and instead of flippin arguing about this, we should be thoroughly examining how our society is fundamentally creating the reasons that compel people to immigrate! You think people want to risk losing their lives and families drowning in the North Sea because UK social welfare and quality of life is so good? How about the social-political disruption caused in the middle east due to imperialist geo-strategic positioning around oil? How about UK arms manufacturers (4th in the world, last time I checked) that profit from political instability and war in the middle east? Or farm industry multinationals turfing rural farmers off land in India, Indonesia, Africa, or South America? Or mining companies doing the same? etc. etc. And propping the whole thing up? It's us and our consumer behaviour, feeding this beast so we can waste our time and energy obtaining obtaining so much that is unecessary for our happiness, well-being, and distracts us from ourselves and a meaningful life. Where are our politicians and political will to stem these primary drivers of mass immigration in the world? Oh, wait, politician's and the ruling class's bread is buttered by these very same imperial interests... I know, let's convince people it's immigrants to blame...

It is unfair to allow immigration from countries so poor that living three to a room and earning 300 pounds a week is a wet dream to those people. It means ultimately that British workers would have to suffer the same conditions in order to compete. I am sick of hearing about how Polish people do the jobs we are not willing to do. Their money goes FIVE times as far in Poland. Imagine if you could work in an open door county for five times the wage. You'd also be willing to live three to a room for five years, save up, move back home and buy a house. AND YOU'D DO IT. I don't in any way blame the Poles themselves. They absolutely are doing the right thing under the circumstances, for themselves and for their families. But when this country IS your home, that option of buying a house in Poland is not available and so you cannot compete. Immigration has fucked the working classes up the arse. I'm the son of an immigrant and have a posh background. But by God I have the consideration to have the highest respect for the working class, and I have no respect for anyone who does not appreciate how hard they work.

"We are just full" - and have a responsibility towards existing tax payers. 131 000 British children homeless today - a 10% increase from last year. But when will the politicians stop blocking attempts to change it?

Send em back Enoch Powell R I P

Excellent speech, valid arguments! Enoch Powells prophecy is becoming truth and everybody must know und realize the facts!

I like one thing here is , many of them are youngsters and they are observing lot. that is really good for debates and talks.

Well said sir

brilliant speech.

Oh look! My favorite thing about them Oxford debates, the like:dislike ratio is gone from UKposts. Isn’t that just stellarly awesome? 🙄

I am absolutely certain that when he talks about his in-laws he’s referring to people that came into the country legally. In 2023 in the US immigrants that came to the country legally are rightfully offended by the rampant illegal immigration that is the process of Democrat open border policies.

Immigration is useful for a country, illegal immigration is an entirely other thing

Also true for the USA

Imigration should be a purely moral matter. And in this Situation you find all answers needed for yourself.

A good man 👍💪

How right. The thing is, we - anyone with their eyes connected to their brains, know this. Just a cursory knowledge of history shows that immigration by people from alien cultures leads to division and conflict. This is still the case.

What about the Men in Boats 50 thousand of them,No background checks, Get Royal Marines and Royal navy to force them back to France.

This title is misleading

This man is exceptional and my hero

These people would be banned from American Universities.

I always find it interesting how one of the primary arguments for immigration is bringing skills into the country, yet the argument is never ''why can't we do more for our own citizens so we don't require that crutch to begin with?" Even with working class jobs the white working class British community seems one of the most neglected, and how much potential is wasted there? Feels a bit of a cop out and is essentially saying ''we give up on our own people". I work in a Hospital - so believe me, I see the absolute peak positives of immigration, and have a great working relationships with all my colleagues. Yet I know that isn't the same experience the working class have had with immigration (enclaves where you can go a whole day without interacting with a 'native' Brit/huge demographic shifts in areas over a short space of time, lower educated immigrants/more prone to extremist or outdated beliefs, less likely to want to integrate, less likely to view their host country positively, etc). Despite my own current positive experiences, I still feel the best course of action would be getting the most out of the current population (or would have been, the Rubicon has been crossed already) before allowing others in. It's like decorating your house with flashy appliances while the foundations are crumbling, and expecting it not to topple over. I genuinely believe to get the 'most' out of a country and population some degree of civic nationalism has to occur. When you import elements who treat you as a stepping stone, lack desire to embrace all the quirks and traditions, even at some expense of their own, or frankly don't really care to be here to begin with, that further damages the foundations. Has it all been worth it, considering the tensions from both sides of the fence? I wouldn't be shocked if a biological hard-coded distrust of 'the others' is still prevalent, which causes all of this wasted energy to be expelled on our current PC culture and tensions. Would countries be better off more homogenized, but working together peacefully globally? That would also have a knock on effect of eliminating brain drain, a real problem when your brightest leave, and that's not exclusive to Africa/Middle East etc - even from EU countries like Poland. We see tensions in other regions and the problems that arise (and a lack of fulfilling potential) blamed on the arbitrary drawing of borders, especially by the "imperialist West", mixing various religions, ethnic groups, tribes, etc, yet fail to see the same thing happening in our own countries as having a potential knock on effect. Agreed, it's not a 1:1 analogy, but even so.

So this speaker says the motion is "We've had too much immigration since the war" while the youtube title of this video is "Immigration is Bad For Britain". Make up your mind +OxfordUnion which is it ? (And while you're at it, when you have guest speaker with question period, how about you report the questions verbatim humm???)

Too f****** right, what did you expect to happen Britain

Well said 👏

9 years ago! Another Few Millions Added!

I don’t know nothing about politics but I discovered Godfrey channel at back end of last year. He opened my eyes wilder to this scamdamic very well spoken and easy to grasp tells it like it is. I like this guy true English gent.

0:12 What is that code ?

His wife is Polish !!!

Our tiny island is bursting at the seams,that's the problem with unchecked immigration. We are so short of decent building land we are now having to build on flood plains in order to provide more homes,how daft is that. And don't forget all the extra millions now over here obviously require food and water, and how can we provide that if we keep building over land,that ought to be used for farming and water storage ?

I do like Godfrey Bloom. He's very outspoken but also very funny.

1914 was the true disaster I’m just waiting for the fall/crash now. The Last Phase of Empire The fight for and possible collapse of the Core State I’d also say why do so few people not talk about the negative consequences of modernity

Immigration from nice countries is ok lol

Love ❤ the burgundy jacket Godfrey ...had one similar, in my life time

Can we send Suella/Suellas Mum and Dad and all her family back as a starting point..

I have watched a lot of Oxford Unions delegates talk, they talk, people clap, im sorry but what is achieved? you people, and yes i say "you people" have absolutely no idea what its like to experience uncontrolled migrations first hand. i feel scared to go out of my door, not at night but during the day, clap again and make more speeches and tell me again how you are representing me, you have absolutely no idea what me or my family go through EVERY DAY. I was a merchant seaman and i have seen many places of the world, i can say beyond a shadow of a doubt, this is not how "they", and by that I mean "immigrants" behaved in their own country. I can honestly say watching privileged people speak about their opinions is disgusting when they are doing it for claps rather than action

Indians first went to Uganda to build their railway. When it was finshed they stayed. Then they brought their families and relatives and did not assimilate with the native populous, but instead brought more wives and husbands for their children from India. They introduced business when the Ugandans had mostly been bartering. They worked long hours and began to take over. Idi Amin saw this and ejected them from the country. in 1968 Enoch Powell warned of the same thing, unassimilated migration and high fertility rates. Unlike Idi Amin we took in more and more of everyone and now we are a multicultural catastrophe. I would suggest this country has seen far too much immigration than Godfrey suggests going right back to Windrush.

OMG!!!!! 04:45 THEY LOOK SOOOOOOO PISSED OFF!!!!!!

Colonialism is worst!

You see,boefore the disasterous WW2,we had,here in my beloved Dacia (first and most important Nation,Nation State,National Identity and Purity,Culture,Civilization,Society,Writings,Alfabet etc) ,filosofie and logic clases since 8th grade. Now you might understand why from 20 MILION people not even 2000 were members or supporters of the FILTHY communist party.Because people had MIND,RATION AND LOGIC to see beyond the MADNESS the communists came up with and the LACK or any arguments against the established state of facts,let alone in support of their brain dead ideas.

So many people would just dismiss him because all they think is hes just a rich, old, straight white male. Its staggering to me that the same group who sided with martin luther king in the 60s has now done a complete 180 on his words.

Except the Polish migrants. Polish are very smart, educated and hard working. I am Polish American and biz. owner in the USA. I want the Polish people working in the UK to save as much money and come back to Poland and open business in Poland.

Not me, certainly not me

Rather better than expected.

Send back Kwarteng.

So the solution is to dissolve welfare then. Any true libertarian would see that the issue should be to destroy the insensitive for those to move here to take advantage of the welfare state. This isn't just labours issue from the nineties this is a perpetual issue of trying to blend socialist and capitalist policies, we keep immigration open in order to increase growth and the consumer base, but we also give these immigrants the benefit of social welfare, it's fundamentally a contradiction of policy. Perpetual immigration wouldn't matter or be a issue to many people if it simply wasn't for the deficit that is created by having an open door policy. End the socialist experiment and the immigration problem will evaporate.

How do you get rid of adds on youtube ? Freakn hate it . So bloody annoying and they are long.

... This man is correct!

Is it not telling that none of the debaters opposing the motion are English?

I feel the title of this video is not exactly representative of what the speaker was saying.

This video has aged well, You should see 2022 😪

especially from those countries that are incompatible to us.

That lady constantly looks down and away every time the camera pans at her, weird....

The argument has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with identity.

Enoch Powell was right

European try to go to live in Somalia and see how you finish ,even farmers get slaughtered and these people gives them the best food ,what I mean there’s no mercy Wake up and not to forget they tell the white to encourage to abortion and kill the baby that’s hat I call evil

Not anymore in Canada.