It's not the Distant Past, it's the Recent Past... that needs Rectifying

It's not the 19th century and earlier that America and Britain should be self-flagellating about. It's more recent history that has caused huge demographic changes about which we should be self-critical. In 1965 President Johnson relaxed the USA's strict immigration laws. And in 1979 Mrs Thatcher broke her promise to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK. Since about 10,000 men a year exploit this loophole that has resulted in some 400,000 men (and their children) living in these islands.