From time to time I like to read something that goes against my own personal beliefs. I feel this is something necessary to challenge myself and I think it's always a good thing to look at opposing views. This book claims to demonstrate that diversity has been harmful for the UK and that in the last few decades politicians have known this but are too scared of the electorate to speak publically or do anything about it. The first thing I would say is that the title of the book is wrong, this book is primarily about immigration and not diversity. I wonder if the publishers forced this change to make it more palatable for the general public. The book is well written and has a clear direction, and this is why it gets two stars from me, I have tried to judge the book on it's quality without letting the message cloud my judgement too much. However, the biggest failing is that many of West's claims are just not properly back up with evidence. The odd study pops in from time to time but the sources are often questionable. There are also numerous occasions when West says something along the lines of "the increase of immigrant families has led to the quality of British schools and health care to fall" without backing it up. Just because someone makes a statement doesn't mean it is a fact and this happens all too often in this book. I won't deny that West raised some points which got me thinking and I would have liked him to dig deeper into them but this never happened. ( )