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Michael Fallon has been forced by Downing Street to take to the airwaves to withdraw his claims that British towns are being “swamped” by immigrants and their residents are “under siege”.The defence secretary said on television and radio that he had been careless and had used words he would not usually use when defending David Cameron’s plans for a renegotiation with the EU over the freedom of movement of workers. However, he stood by the thrust of his argument – that mass immigration from Europe is putting pressure on local services in many British towns.The decision to send Fallon back on the airwaves will be seen as further evidence of the chaos in Downing Street as Cameron and his advisers attempt to redefine the Tories’ policy over the EU and immigration while under huge political pressure from the UK Independence party. The anti-federalist party is expected to win the Rochester and Strood byelection next month and is threatening to help unseat dozens of Tory backbenchers in the general election next year.It also acknowledges the toxicity of the word “swamped”, which Fallon told Sky News on Monday he should not have used.”But there is pressure as a result of migration on social services, on housing, on school places. That is what the prime minister will be addressing when he puts forward proposals for some kind of control,” he said.He also told the BBC: “”I misspoke yesterday, I used words I wouldn’t normally have used.”
