It's economic change not immigration that's to blame

This article articulates my reaction to the BBC's "white season" - that it seemed, like the tabloid press, to hype fears by failing to address the real causes of a genuine problem. That is to say, immigration is not to blame for the pressure on public services etc. (He omits to be blunt about who is to blame. Since the gap between rich and poor has widened under Labour, it should be obvious!)

As the author says "the programmes have been focused entirely on the impact of immigration and race on the white working class" i.e. ignoring the main driver of change: market forces, which are not race driven. And goes on to say:

"It wasn't immigration that ripped the guts out of working-class Britain, white and non-white. It was the closure of whole industries, the rundown of manufacturing and council housing, the assault on trade unions, the huge transfer of resources to the wealthy, the deregulation of the labour market, and the unconstrained impact of neoliberal globalisation under both Tories and New Labour. Almost none of that has had a look-in so far in The White Season."

The article has some flaws, as discussed in the comments, but here it is in full:
Seumas Milne: Either Labour represents its core voters - or others will