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by your_ai_manager 3440 days ago
What I think Brexit has shown is that the British public is averse to 'poor' immigrants, as they are more likely to be competing for low wage jobs and often have a limited education, nonprogresive values and an isolationist mindset. I've not once heard someone complain about Pakistani surgeons or Polish engineers.

If points based controls reduce the the level of 'poor' immigrants then I'd expect it to eventually become a non-issue as it was when the EU member nations were all roughly similar in GDP per capita.

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> I've not once heard someone complain about Pakistani surgeons

Daily fucking Mail regularly runs articles about doctors with poor English skills.