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THE HYPOCRITE PRIME MINISTER
Brown's 'bigot' remark: It's that sinking feeling

NOTE:Imigration
The Falinge area of Rochdale which had the highest number of benefit claimants in Britain

When grandmother Gillian Duffy suggested immigration was a problem in Rochdale, she was
swiftly dismissed as a 'bigot' by Gordon Brown.
But the Prime Minister was betraying not only his real feelings about the worries of millions
of Britons, but also his ignorance of what has been going on in the northern town - which
provides an acute case study of issues afflicting the whole nation.
For ethnic populations in Rochdale, ten miles north of Manchester, have been rising so
fast that the Home Office has been warned it is at risk of race riots, and the council
has had to draw up a special housing plan for minorities.

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