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Yeah, but its way too much hassle and EU immigrates are net contributors to the economy.
Every politician know's this they just wont admit it if it suits there anti immigration agenda to get those gammon votes.
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The UK is just not bureaucratically equipped for this, as the past thirty years have seen central government remove rule-making abilities from local governing bodies - as opposed to what’s been happening in Europe, which is why Bavaria voting in a right-wing government is a big deal. As opposed to, say, Lancaster voting in a left wing council, Bavaria can set all sorts of rules, whereas Lancaster can basically fiddle with the bus timetables.
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How does this work in practice, does @amey get an automatic ASBO in Dagenham? Geo-fenced electric shock?
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My view has always been that if the UK had put on a show of applying these rules (even if the result was a costly fuck-up) then the Brexit vote would probably have gone the other way.
I suspect there's still a chance that we'll end up with an EU-lite where the "immigration controls" that have been won from the EU are actually these rules.
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I suppose this is of little relevance now but a friend (a history professor) pointed something out to me yesterday.
I knew that the UK doesn't currently exercise the controls available to it to limit EU immigration (means testing, health insurance, etc etc) but what I didnt realise was that it could be implemented regionally.
I.e under current EU legislation, the UK could have made it so the areas of the UK under the perception of immigration pressure could have legally had immigration levels slashed, all without leaving the EU.
Puzzling.