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As usual the Telegraph publishes stuff that an intellectually normal 14 year old would be ashamed of thinking. > Immigration has bounced back. There is no Brex
by mmarq 4y ago
As usual the Telegraph publishes stuff that an intellectually normal 14 year old would be ashamed of thinking.
> Immigration has bounced back. There is no Brexit-sized hole in our workforce; not anymore. Immigrants now account for one in five workers in Britain, the highest ratio ever.
There are 33 million employed people in the UK. One in five is 6.6 million.
There are 6 million foreigners in the UK: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/ukpopulationbycountryofbirthandnationality/yearendingjune2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...
We must deduct that Mr. Fraser Nelson is describing an economy where newborns work, probably aiding 600’000 foreign zombies. Or one is still an immigrant after 10 years and even after naturalisation?
> The proportion of people who are neither in work or looking for it is higher now than it was in the mid-1970s.
Employment rate is at 76%, as high as Germany and higher than in the mid-70s.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/employment-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/employment-rate
I don’t have time to research the benefit data but it’s not necessary because Mr. Fraser Nelson has totalled the bullshit meter. Maybe these work lazy Britons should get a job as Telegraph editorialists? They don’t publish articles anymore, so I’m sure they need some help and the bar doesn’t seem too high.