Just like the Jews in post WW1 Germany, it's great (from a certain point of view) to have some group you can point at and blame everything on. Much easier than

Just like the Jews in post WW1 Germany, it's great (from a certain point of view) to have some group you can point at and blame everything on. Much easier than actually addressing problems and gives people targets to hate. The UK has been using immigrants, and by extension the EU, in that role for a long time. (To be clear, I think this is wrong, but it's definitely how it is.)