Boomer schools Gen-Z on claim Britain is ‘being overrun by foreigners’

'I take this very personally'

Too much, too little - immigration is one of the big talking points in any political debate in modern Britain.

Traditionally, opinions on this matter are split between right and left wing, with parties on the right taking harder stances on anti-immigration views.

Furthermore, the right-wing is traditionally associated with older generations - at the last general election the average age of a Tory voter was 63 and the average Reform voter age was 56 compared to Labour's average age of 46.

So, it might come as a surprise to some to see a baby boomer (1946-1964) school a Gen Z (1997-2012) about claims that the UK is being "overrun" by immigrants.

Speaking on a Politics JOE's video of every generation debating the rise of the far-right, 19-year-old Leyton Styles said that "in large parts of this country [UK], white British people are a minority," giving London as an example.

He added that: "The problem is not skin colour in and of itself, the problem is the cultural change, nobody voted for London to be completely overrun in large parts by foreign communities."

This point was quickly challenged by Jannah Orhan, 18, who hit back saying, "But what's wrong with diversity?"

Leyton subsequently replied: "Diversity of opinion is wonderful and diversity in terms of ethnicity is also not a problem, we're a multi-ethnic country fine, but we should never become a multi-cultural one."

At this point, 76-year-old Mohammed Amin stepped in saying that he had taken Leyton's comments "very personally".

He explained: "I've got two nephews who are half Pakistani half Chinese, I've got other great nephews and nieces who are half Pakistani half white, my own grandson is half Pakistani half white British, the only language that gets spoken when our extended family gets together is English, most of them have been to university.

He added: "I feel really angry when I hear people like you describing them as some kind of foreigners."

After this response, Leyton attempted to excuse his point, as well as the position of the Reform Party of which he is a member.

"I'm not saying all non-white people are foreigners, it is not what I said at all, in fact, if you listen to what I said, it was that many of these people who have come here recently, the problem is nobody's skin colour.

He claimed: "I'm not one of those, and Reform are certainly not one of those raging ethno-nationalist parties."

This claim about Reform was quickly shot down by Jannah, who replied: "Didn't your MP Sarah Pochin say that there are too many black people on TV"

Apparently though, for Leyton, "this is a separate point".