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Old 19-08-2021, 08:46   #2007
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
These are hardly the legitimate concerns of a public who don’t subscribe etc. These are the lobbyings of arch-capitalists who don’t like being cut off from their cheap labour supply and are agitating to get it back, despite being well aware, well in advance, that what carried Brexit was, in part, opposition to the unrestricted immigration of nationals from EU member states, with all the consequences that entailed for the communities most affected.
I'm not so sure on some of what you say, I'm sure the 'arch-capitalists' were and still are aware at the demise of cheap labour, the issue is that the unemployed Brits will not or cannot perform these roles for the salaries offered.

Now, it would be very easy at this point to simply say 'well, raise the salaries of these roles' but this then would us lead us down an interesting economic path.

A very simplistic view says you either make UK people take these roles. Or, you have to get cheap labour from somewhere
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