It's still a con

"It's a con!" said a British National Party spokesman when asked on Today (BBC Radio 4) to comment on David Cameron's major speech later this morning on immigration. The Prime Minister will argue that Britain needs "good immigration, not mass immigration".
He is making this speech because elections are coming up. This is not only the BNP view, but was also a point made by the Immigration Minister, Damian Green (who said he doesn't want people to vote for "extremist parties").
In 1979 one of the principal reasons for people voting for Mrs. Thatcher was her promise to clamp down on immigration.
The Conservatives are still talking about it. Conning the voters is extreme.