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As the debate heats up in the weeks before the British referendum on EU membership, immigration, trade and life outside of Europe have been hot topics across the nation. As well as MPs and European ministers appearing on radio and TV shows, the general public have also begun giving their own views to the nation. Last night a grandmother named Pamela from Walworth in London told of how she has seen her hometown change so much, she fears for the next generation of her family. The conversation was aired on Sunday night, after the presenter asked if comments made by employment minister Priti Patel were right. Miss Patel argued David Cameron and George Osborne cannot possibly understand the real worries about immigration for the public, because they live in rich, sheltered areas. Pamela told LBC presenter Ian Collins: "She has got it absolutely spot on. "We live in fear. I live in Walworth, right on top of the East Street market. The last butcher has now gone – we've got halal. "In a short period of time we've been absolutely inundated."

Getty Images Ian Collins (left) of LBC received a call from a woman scared for her family's future

YouTube East Street Market has seen drastic changes in 10 years, according to local woman

Miss Patel, MP for Witham said that only a vote to leave the European Union would lead to lowering immigration numbers. She said: "It's shameful that those leading the pro-EU campaign fail to care for those who do not have their advantages. "Their narrow self-interest fails to pay due regard to the interests of the wider public."

YouTube The grandmother complained that the local butcher now sells only halal meat

A Downing Street spokesman said Miss Patel was trying to take voters' attention from the economic consequences of leaving the EU. Last night Pamela said her area is almost unrecognisable to her, and she wants the change to stop. Speaking about visiting Newham she said: "Every other place was a mosque and I just could not believe how much this has changed in ten years. It's not me, I'm 70, I'm on my way out. "My daughter, my son-in-law and my granddaughter, what have they got? Our culture has completely disappeared, completely. "Osbourne can go and live in another country if he wants to - we can't." Radio host Ian Collins said there is a lot of frustration in the country, similar to that felt by the 70-year-old. He added: "It's an observation, some people might love it, but I can understand why somebody could feel that the world has changed so that they don't feel they have a choice in their own country." The grandmother also said she is worried mass migration will lead to "war" in Britain.

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The reality of multiculturalism is the destruction of our culture and I can't bear that for my granddaughter, I can't bare it Pamela, 70

She said: "I don't think things can go on the way they are and they live in cloud cuckoo land saying ' oh isn't it marvellous'. "The reality of multiculturalism is the destruction of our culture and I can't bear that for my granddaughter, I can't bare it." Another caller to the show said the 'slice of' multiculturalism in his area was something which he enjoyed, although he added the country is changing 'too quickly' for many people. He said: "The changes have come way too quick and I think a lot of people are very nervous and I think they will use this European Union vote to stick it to the Government a little bit - it's austerity, it's immigration, whatever the reasons are, I think people have had enough."