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Problem is: if they want free trade with EU, they must accept free movement of labor; which was the main underlying problem which caused people to vote for Brex
by discardorama 10y ago
Problem is: if they want free trade with EU, they must accept free movement of labor; which was the main underlying problem which caused people to vote for Brexit. If they adopt free labor movement, the Brexit would have been for vain, and most Brexit supporters won't go for it.
- brc 10y agoYou can negotiate plenty of labor movement just with some simple qualifications, like not having a criminal history, being an eu citizen for 5+ years, no access to welfare for 3 years, things like that. I think most brexit supporters would go for that. The opposition is not to immigration in general from what I understand, but to uncontrolled immigration with which the UK parliament has no control. Modern visa granting can be done electronically like the U.S. ESTA and could easily be achieved with little disruption. It could also prove a handy earner for a small fee. I think it is misrepresenting the majority of brexit supporters to say they don't want any immigration. All the ones I talked to just wanted to have a say, and the EU did not give them that.