Britain has entered a third phase of post-war immigration
The first was post-colonial, the second European. This one is global and middle-class
LAST MAY Raymond Padilla, a former journalist from the Philippines who arrived in Britain in 2005, was elected to Gloucester City Council. Filipino reporters called his victory historic; it also seemed improbable. Gloucester, in the west of England, is not hugely diverse. At the time of the most recent published census, in 2011, only 14% of its inhabitants were anything other than white and British. The city does not even have a Filipino restaurant. When immigrants want a taste of home, they make do with Thai food.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Just what the doctor ordered”
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