> somehow whoever they get to know cease to be part of this "others", regardless of race I think you are spot on here. There is this notion that "other" people

> somehow whoever they get to know cease to be part of this "others", regardless of race I think you are spot on here. There is this notion that "other" people are causing Britain's problems (this applies in any other country). It gives them someone to blame. In fact politicians are happy to seed these kinds of blame shifting, because more than often the country is screwed because of their policies. Furthermore, the country is screwed because as a collective, we've let our country and the system fester and rot. Hence, we blame others rather than looking inwardly. On a more micro level we can see this kind of blame culture in our development teams, or even with ourselves when we suffer poor health. We need to care for our system together. One of the reasons I dislike politics is that it is divisive and blame focused.