General Article They got Brexit done. So why are UK Tories still angry about immigration?

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Rising immigration feeds into a sense of ‘betrayal’ among Brexiteer voters.

By Esther Webber

There’s a terrible habit the U.K. Conservatives can’t kick. It keeps coming back to bite them – and this week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might become the latest victim.

David Cameron began the trend with his fateful vow at the 2010 election to cut net migration to below 100,000 people a year. Every subsequent Conservative prime minister has made their own version of his failed pledge. None has come cl...

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