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Both Labour and the Tories should ditch the numbers game on immigration - and focus on fixing Britain.
The latest #WaughOnPolitics
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The latest #WaughOnPolitics
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As soon as a politician is asked is immigration "too high" and says "yes", the next Q is "well what level should it be?" (A: er, I dunno)
The answer should be that now we have "control" it will go up and down according to the needs of a *dynamic* economy and public services.
The answer should be that now we have "control" it will go up and down according to the needs of a *dynamic* economy and public services.
Ending the numbers game (which was one of the things @BorisJohnson got right in July 2019 but then foolishly reversed in Dec manifesto) avoids the arbitrary target chasing that undermined trust in Cameron/May.
But now we're back in the "too high but I won't say how high" dead end
But now we're back in the "too high but I won't say how high" dead end
Yes we need to better skills/pay/conditions/housing for Uk born workers. But we also need migrants.
Unless we start having babies in our 20s and want to die in our 70s, raw demographics mean we need more migrants to maintain growth and pay our way.
Unless we start having babies in our 20s and want to die in our 70s, raw demographics mean we need more migrants to maintain growth and pay our way.
The UK is in a global race to attract high skilled individuals (versus the US, Canada, Australia, Germany).
But migrants overall are more likely to start businesses + create jobs.
Yes, even "unskilled" migrants (like Trump's grandfather, Carnegie + more in the US)
But migrants overall are more likely to start businesses + create jobs.
Yes, even "unskilled" migrants (like Trump's grandfather, Carnegie + more in the US)
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