Metropolitan think tank the Centre for Cities has released a report which calls for the UK to keep free movement with the EU for at least two years after March 29 2019, in the event of a so-called no deal Brexit.
The think tank argues that a minimum two year period will give the government time to develop a new immigration system. The report, however, does not recommend any specific limit on this period with the potential that it could run on forever.
UKIP Leader Gerard Batten said:
“This is yet another attempt by a metropolitan think tank to try and wedge the UK’s door open after March 29, 2019. It’s typical that an out-of-touch metropolitan elite is more concerned with preserving open door mass immigration than it is with the vital interests of the millions of ordinary British people.
“Wages have stagnated and house prices and rents have soared – all thanks to the doctrine that mass uncontrolled immigration is beneficial, which it is not. The sooner we leave the European Union, the sooner we can enforce an immigration system which places the interests of the British people first.”
-“The think tank argues that a minimum two year period will give the government time to develop a new immigration system. ”
I disagree, we do not need a ‘new’ immigration system (though the present one needs some reworking to be honest), as EU ‘citizens’ will simply be subject to the same rules and regulations as those citizens from the Rest Of The World (ROW).
To be honest, our present ROW immigration system is pretty much based on ‘free movement’ anyway, thanks to Tony Blair’s actions from 1997 onwards. (Hence why so many Somalians etc just seem to be able to turn up in our country unchecked)
This think-tank report is just more globalist propaganda, making up fake justifications for why we need to maintain “free movement from the EU”; once we have left the EU why should a French person receive preferential treatment over someone from Barbados or the Phillipines when it comes to applying for a job or residency in the UK?
I’m not advocating ‘pulling up the drawbridge’ and putting an end to immigration; we just need a fair and transparent system that lets us bring in the people we need (ie where there are skills shortages, not just ‘importing Labour voters’ or other cheap labour) without discriminating against where people originate from. If we need nurses, for example, a South Korean nurse should have as equal an opportunity to gain employment as a Romanian nurse.
We also need to address the issue of WHY we have those skills shortages in our own country, while we still have so many people unemployed, and begin to train our own people and offer them that opportunity instead.
It’s nice to have a nose around when shameless propagandists enter the fray. Funding for 2017 is available on t’web
The Centre for Cities biggest funder is the Gatsby Foundation, financed by David Sainsbury.
Obviously the Sainsbury family want 100 million people living in the UK, with as many as possible shopping at Sainsbury.
Total codswallop as the more people that suffer with wage suppression, the more likely they are to avoid Sainsbury and shop in Lidl.
There was also a £30,000 fee from Carillion for leaders network dinners. If they advised the Carillion mob to put on balaclavas, rob the tax payer and run away with the swag it was £30,000 well spent.
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/08/the-true-cost-of-the-carillion-wreckage/
This organisation is principally funded by one of the Sainsbury family trusts. Lord Sainsbury has been a major donor to the Labour and Lib Dems as well as an uber Remainer giving huge sums to fight Brexit.
He has announced he is going to give up giving money to political parties and focus on his family charities. This does not mean he has given up politics it probably means he can exert more influence through his charities. Bill Clinton has commented he has more ‘soft’ power out of office through his family trusts than ever he had when he was in office.
Well said Gerard.
The Centre for Cities’ own website highlights the loss of jobs due to automation.
“Key findings:
Generally, those jobs that are made up of routine tasks are at a greater risk of decline, whereas those occupations requiring interpersonal and cognitive skills are well placed to grow.
Overall, one in five jobs in cities across Great Britain is in an occupation that is very likely to shrink. This amounts to approximately 3.6 million jobs, or 20.2 per cent of the current workforce in cities.
In places like Mansfield, Sunderland, Wakefield and Stoke almost 30 per cent of the current workforce is in an occupation very likely to shrink by 2030. This contrasts with cities such as Cambridge and Oxford where less than 15 per cent of jobs are at risk.
While big cities are relatively less exposed to occupations likely to shrink, they are likely to see a great deal of disruption. For example, London and Worthing have a similar share of jobs likely to see a decrease in demand (16.1 per cent in London, 16.0 per cent in Worthing), but this translates to around 908,000 jobs in London – 25 per cent of all jobs at risk in cities across Great Britain.”