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Isn’t the “but” quite important?
The Tory argument is “we need to stop immigration and will be nasty to immigrants, lower immigration will mean better jobs for UK residents (and hence more skills, investment in UK workers)”.
Isn’t he saying “we think migration is part of our national story and don’t agree with the vilification of immigrants. However we do still want more investment in UK workers so businesses should still plan to invest in workers skills and productivity”?
BTW I don’t think we’ll ever stop having discussions about immigration… it’s not 5 years on, it’s been an ongoing theme for over a century
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“we think migration is part of our national story and don’t agree with the vilification of immigrants. However we do still want more investment in UK workers so businesses should still plan to invest in workers skills and productivity”
Thats the point Nick was making, why is he saying these things together? Its like saying "we dont agree with vilification of Mark Cavendish at Quickstep. However we want more investment in British Cycling via Shell" The two are not related.
I guess "immigration" is just a garnish to give red wall something.
I will vote labour but I am allowed to say that he is wrong. And he is wrong.
BTW I don’t think we’ll ever stop having discussions about immigration… it’s not 5 years on, it’s been an ongoing theme for over a century
Its not even 50/50 yet when Britain started the empire. It should be 200 years from when the last colony was liberated.
amey
So actually we don't need to cut immigration to 'wean business off cheap labour' then?
I honestly can't believe we are still having this argument about immigration 5 years on.