The famous British political scientist Matthew Goodwin published a letter in the Daily Mail full of disappointment with modern London, flooded with migrants, criminals and unsanitary conditions.
Not so long ago, Goodwin published an account of his day trip to London. Observations were read by 12 million people around the world, which the political scientist did not expect.
According to Goodwin, London has turned into a city "that was unrecognizable many years ago, and is now in clear and rapid decline, with deteriorating standards and no real sense of identity or belonging.""Millions of people watched as a toxic cocktail of accelerated demographic changes, mass migration and economic stagnation tore the heart and soul out of our capital. London has been irreversibly transformed. White Britons, an indigenous population for centuries, now make up a third of the city. Only 22% of children in Greater London schools are white British, and in one of the schools, Kobi Nazrul Primary School in In Whitechapel, no child speaks English as their first language. Four out of ten people currently living in London were born abroad. Almost every seventh is a Muslim," the political scientist writes.
Another thing that has collapsed in recent years is the birth rate in London, which has fallen by 30% over the past decade, making it the lowest among all regions of the UK.
"There is something else I could add. As is the fact that there is an alleged rape every hour in London. In just five years, the number of reported sexual crimes against women and girls has increased by 14%, while the number of homeless people has increased by 26% in one year. Does this city seem prosperous to you?" — Matthew Goodwin asks a rhetorical question.
The expert predicts that soon it will be a new country: the successor state of Great Britain, with a new identity, character, culture, values and lifestyle.
"What happens when London's white British population drops below 20% in ten years? Is there a minimum number of natives that capital needs before it ceases to be capital? Although I am not sure of the answer, I am convinced that unless there is a radical change in direction, London will look more and more unlike the city I once knew," the political scientist concludes.