• I imagine it's something to do with being able to prove Scientifically! (it's got numbers!) that they're better / more deserving than some other group. Or that the other group is definitely worse, more likely.

    I assume this announcement today is just to get a favourable headline to racists for the day. They're not going to be able to do without migrant workers - the UK is already at the lowest unemployment level in decades (and I vaguely remember from economics classes that full employment is a unicorn anyway).

  • I vaguely remember from economics classes that full employment is a unicorn

    When I studied economics I recall that 2 - 3% was considered a sensible number. If you get below 2%, weird things start to happen.

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