"There’s an incredibly important conversation that needs to be had. But it's not about boats... and it certainly isn't about people attacking shops and looting Greggs." Historian David Olusoga talks to Jonny Dymond about the need for a conversation about immigration.

@JonnyDymond I came to the uk in 1970 too on invitation to work in the NHS ,my husband I did that all our working lives, now our children are serving the NHS and the education sector , my memories are good, I won’t let current events ruin my positive experiences

@eddwilson @JonnyDymond Very good, calm call for grown up discussion. Herr Führarge could learn much from this approach. #RejoinEU @em_westlondon

@JonnyDymond How do we get this on mainstream media? Government broadcasts? @MarinaPurkiss is wonderful at this. Can she be all over the airwaves, please?

@JonnyDymond @DavidOlusoga thank you for this intelligent & nuanced conversation. Too many politicians, esp on the left, haven't engaged with the people to hear their concerns & explain the value of immigration. It has left people being ignored and a vacuum for the far right to exploit.

@DavidOlusoga @JonnyDymond Excellent, intelligent interview with @DavidOlusoga. Synopsis here doesn’t fully do it justice.

@JonnyDymond Excellently put. How cynical though that the previous government slowed down processing for their own political agenda and this is the result. They should hang their heads on abject shame.

@JonnyDymond Very sage words he should be a Government adviser @AngelaRayner

@JonnyDymond David Olusoga - the patronising arbiter & framer of permissible conversations. Great. That won’t rile anyone at all 🙄

@DavidOlusoga @JonnyDymond Poor Jonny manfully defending the far right & racist producers who have platformed hate for years now via TuftonStreet spokespeople and helped create Farage , Braverman, Anderson , Tice , Oakeshott , Brigden , Jenrick & the other cheerleaders of the riots

@JonnyDymond Quite right. The BBC needs to have a serious look at its role in promoting and turning a blind eye to the far right over 15 years.