Immigration: we need humanity, pragmatism and a rigorous visa system
A sensible debate on the issue has been stifled by zealotry at both extremes.
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A sensible debate on the issue has been stifled by zealotry at both extremes.
Both Labour and the Tories are addicted to importing cheap foreign workers – but at what cost to society?
Immigration seems to have become a dirty word, after Yvette Cooper refused to be drawn on its virtues.
But if its members embrace the delusion that the rotten husk of the Conservative party can somehow be rehabilitated, they will fail.
Daily briefing: The two leaders have a lot in common – that might be a problem.
The government spent ÂŁ3.5 billion dealing with refugees in the UK in 2022 – a threefold increase on 2021, and about 12 times the amount spent in 2015.
With some lateral thinking and clever computing, genuine refugees could be sorted from economic migrants before they land in the UK.
As the world’s population soars, the jostling to reach the wealthy West will accelerate.
Post-Brexit, the Tories had to get two things right – trade and immigration. They have failed on both.
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