While there are an increasing number of issues where the views and sensibilities of the public are entirely at odds with those of the political class, one issue arguably stands out where the perspectives of politicians and the electorate are in two entirely different postcodes: immigration.
For the longest time, the immigration debate was an issue that was challenging to quantify. While the public could be polled on their attitude toward the issues surrounding migration, all we had from politicians was their rhetoric.
That is, until now.
