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Clare Foges thinks Leavers immigration hopes will be betrayed.
No they won't.
They'll get what they said they wanted: A "rebalanced immigration policy open to the world, including to our Commonwealth friends". /1
thetimes.co.uk/article/leaver…
No they won't.
They'll get what they said they wanted: A "rebalanced immigration policy open to the world, including to our Commonwealth friends". /1
thetimes.co.uk/article/leaver…
Essentially swapping Romanians for Nigerians. Which back in 2016 prompted others to comment this would obviously cause an *increase* in immigration. /2
It was a bullshit policy designed to avoid the charge of racism and to simultaneously invoke a sense of British fairness.
It leads directly to Foges' observations.
Yet again, if Leave voters want to feel betrayed, they need look no further than their own leaders. /ends
It leads directly to Foges' observations.
Yet again, if Leave voters want to feel betrayed, they need look no further than their own leaders. /ends
PS: I wrote about this nonsense at the time....
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