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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
If true, this is ridiculous. We don't want any of these variants taking foot in the UK. As an island nation, we should be well placed to prevent this.
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As we are a world financial centre, a world cultural centre, one of the world’s biggest economies, donor of the world’s most widely spoken language and former capital of the biggest empire the world has ever seen, our level of connectivity to the rest of the world pretty much eclipses our theoretical ability to control the entry points into the country. Our highly beneficial levels of connectivity to the rest of the world was one of the key arguments against the imperative of close ties to the EU.
Simply shutting our borders is not possible except in the very short term. It would cause immeasurable damage to our economy and our position in the world. The only way through this is by developing much more sophisticated ways of controlling access and keeping track of who comes in and where they go, but there are a whole lot of complications inherent in that process too. Much thought, time and money will be required.