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But public opinion isn't the same thing as what the country actually needs.
Johnson wants an infrastructure boom, there will have to be a sectoral exemption for migrant construction workers in order to achieve this. Many other sectors will also make their case for an exemption.
The UK needs migrant workers, so pandering to public opinion is either going to negatively impact the economy, or the "points based system" (itself an unsubtle dog-whistle) will be shot through of exemptions within the first few months of operation.