i'm lost for words at what's happening to the uk

'I'm patriotic'. That's nice. So am I, but I am patriotic to the country I grew up in which did not need to fly flags everywhere to prove itself. I agree the country is going in a totalitarian direction but I'm hoping that enough people will see that that's what Farage wants and that he will be defeated at the next election. There are very many problems in the UK of which illegal immigration is one. I'm not sure why people are protesting outside the hotels which have people in it who have yet to be proved one way or the other to be illegal (according to the law and not according to prejudice) when they have absolutely no power. The people with power are in government. If you have a gripe take it there. To suggest the government cares more about very poor and damaged people coming from abroad more than the very poor and damaged people in its own country is to make a false dichotomy. When the Christian Church stands up to speak against attitudes which are not Christian, I asked people to go back and have a look at what Jesus said about who our neighbour is and about our attitudes? It may just be that believing Christians know more about their faith than those who are not.