[Margaret Pilkington]

I also think that this is to garner votes.
After all if the majority of the population in the area you represent are from other ethnic groups, then you would be on a loser if you do not represent them adequately....even if this is not in the best interests of the country.
Politicians are always going to do what keeps them riding on the gravy train.

The destruction of our culture and traditions was started by the policies of that grinning, hubristic man....Tony Blair and his motives were to increase the voting base of the Labour Party, regardless of the long term implications(though I am not sure if he had thought these through)