Most white-skinned, "original" UK citizens are probably racist too and would love to have their country to themselves again. This is probably the result of an incompetent "open the flood gates and let everyone in" immigration policy by successive governments. Maybe the Swiss method of being somewhat choosier is not such a bad thing. Also, bear in mind that 18% of the Swiss population is foreigh. That is not such a shabby ratio....

The problem is that whilst the SVP are perhaps justified in proposing more restrictive policies, the way they portray themselves does untold damage. I am not a great fan of their black sheep/crow posters. They are far to aggressive to appeal to a majority of mainstream Swiss voters. If they toned down the rhetoric but kept to the general message they might do far better than they do. Enoch Powell was not too far wide of the mark, he just didn't couch his message in a manner that was tolerable to the government he was part of at the time.

Having once considered emigrating to the US and to Canada, I can tell you that Switzerland is not so bad.....