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>I'll also note, we've massively reduced the number of migrants coming from Eastern Europe, this is something that we literally could not legally do while in th
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>I'll also note, we've massively reduced the number of migrants coming from Eastern Europe, this is something that we literally could not legally do while in the EU.
What did "less Eastern Europeans" (but repalced now with Asian and African migrants) improve for the UK?
- skissane 3y agoWell, you could argue it improved racial/ethnic diversity, as European immigrants were replaced by non-European immigrants. Probably not the kind of improvement most Brexit supporters had in mind.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoHow is this an improvement or even a goal in itself, though? At best it is irrelevant (what should we care about people's ethnicity or 'race'), at worst it is a negative, cue social issues all over Europe.
- skissane 3y agoI was pointing out the irony that Brexit produced an outcome which many of its supporters did not want, and even wrongly thought that it would help avoid. My choice of the word “improved” was intended to accentuate that irony, not express a stance on the value of that outcome in itself
- mytailorisrich 3y agoBrexit does help. If anything what we've seen is that democracy in the UK is for show, not real... It is actually tragic that voters are the butt of the jokes here when, really this is quite serious.
- skissane 3y agoBrexit does help with what?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoHelps to show that no matter what the public chooses, the end result will always be shit.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoWhat you mentioned: immigration control. Of course the government has to want to, which is the point and effectively the scam that has been going on for years.
- kypro 3y agoIt's forced us to pay more to retain staff in certain sectors which now have skill shortages since leaving the EU. That could be a good thing depending on if you're the person receiving the pay rise. I have no strong opinion on Brexit, but one of the reasons I was opposed to it was because it allowed us to import cheap labour into the NHS. This is something we are now struggling to do and will likely mean we will need to pay NHS workers more to attract talent from elsewhere in the world.