EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

This is such a joke

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/19/immigration-firms-will-need-to-train-more-uk-workers-says-priti-patel

It's the old "get these slackers back into work" argument.

From their own OBR

https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/brief-guides-and-explainers/an-obr-guide-to-welfare-spending/

Despite its relatively high profile, spending on jobseeker’s allowance – paid to those who are unemployed and meet certain criteria – accounted for only £2 billion or a little under 1 per cent of total welfare spending. Equivalent spending on universal credit in parts of the country where jobseeker’s allowance is no longer available amounted to £740 million.

Well that's not very much saved now is it? Where does most of the money go?

Of the £217 billion spent on welfare payments in 2016-17, around 59 per cent was paid to pensioners, with state pensions the largest single item at £92 billion.

Riiiight.

Also this is stupid (from the article)

Patel also denied that she was closing the door behind her on immigrants after her parents came to the UK from East Africa to run a shop, saying they would have qualified under refugee route because of their persecution.

Does this woman not know how refugees and asylum seekers are treated? Does she know anyone at the Home Office.....oh...wait.... nevermind

Ideology in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Fuck these idiots sky high.