'Poisonous Brexit' to blame for 'hatred in society', Remoaner Chuka Umunna claims

REMAINER Chuka Umunna blamed the "toxic tone" of Brexit's campaign to sell "hatred" and division within the British company.The Labor MP, who chairs a group of politicians opposed to Brexit, warns in a report that anti-immigrant rhetoric makes newcomers more difficult.Mr Umunna said: "The demonization of immigrants, exacerbated by the poisonous tone of debate in the EU referendum campaign and beyond, invades us all and constitutes an enormous obstacle to the creation of a socially integrated nation.

"We must act now to protect our diverse communities from hatred and division peddlers while responding to valid concerns about the impact of immigration on public services, some of which can contribute to local tensions."We must start by valuing the contribution of all ethnic and minority communities in the UK Rather than being considered security risks, immigrants must be considered as British waiting to participate in their communities."The best way to do this is not to let newcomers and their communities sink or swim, but to offer migrants more support to integrate into our society."Migrants should be treated as British citizens who should eventually obtain citizenship instead of being considered as security threats, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) said on social integration.He found that newcomers are increasingly leading parallel lives and warned that anti-immigrant rhetoric makes it more difficult for British people to participate in British life.Critics accused the group of trying to keep the EU's freedom of movement through the back door.Richard Tice, co-president of the Pro Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign, said: "This is typical of Chuka Umunna - a member of the metropolitan liberal elite who is completely unaware of the concerns of millions of working British families across the country."There is nothing" poisonous "about the desire to regain control over the British borders, in fact, it should be ashamed to suggest it exists.He said Umunna was "in complete denial of the result of the referendum and was trying to maintain a form of freedom of movement that is completely against the democratic will of the British people."He followed an awkward interview with BBC host John Humphrys, who attacked the Labor MP about his party's lack of clarity about Brexit by saying that the party was asking questions about the issue.Humphrys said the public was still not clear about the party's position on whether the UK should remain within the customs union and the single market.Speaking on the program today on BBC Radio 4, Mr Umunna said he would make his stay in both entities of the European Union.But Mr. Humphrys pointed out that this was different from the position of the leader of the worker Jeremy Corbyn.Mr Humphrys said: "What I am not clear about is your party's position on joining the customs union and the single market after Brexit."With the greatest respect, your opinion counts, of course, that's why I'm asking you the question, but I'm really asking your party's position rather than what you would like to do."I suspect there may be a slight difference here."Shadow Trade Secretary of 2011 to 2015 replied that the country "absolutely" had to argue that the UK will remain in the single market and customs union.