Thread by @robfordmancs

Couple of interesting things about this:
1. Con MPs discriminate by region of origin much more than public do - more positive about Aus imms than voters, more negative about Pakistan imms than voters

https://twitter.com/ProfTimBale/status/1466323930738835458

2. Lab MPs systematically more favourable towards imms from every region than the public are, except Aus. But gaps vary:
Poland +27
Pakistan +20
France +19
Aus -2
Pakistan

3. There is a tendency to favour groups but the strength of this tendency varies and the groups preferred also vary a bit:
Cons: Aus 73, Fra/Pol 29, Pak 3 (diff 70 pts)
Lab: Fra 57, Pol 50, Pak 35, Aus 33 (diff 24 pts)
Public: Aus 35 Fra 28 Pol 23 Pak 15 (diff 20 pts)

So both parties' MPs are more responsive to migrants regions of origin than voters are, though they favour/disfavour different origins - Cons strongly prefer Aus migrants, Lab prefer EU migrants and like Aus least. Public lukewarm on all groups, but slightly prefer Aus.

In the large scale deliberative democracy exercise @whatukthinks and I helped run voters favoured treating EU and non-EU migrants the same, a view which strengthened in discussion. "Same rules for everyone, wherever they come from" is a powerful norm: ukandeu.ac.uk/partner-report…