No more uncontrolled immigration: PM says Britain in period of adjustment

Reuters ^ | 10 04 2021 | Elizabeth Piper and Kylie Maclellan

[yesthatjallen]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to "uncontrolled immigration" to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting such strains were part of a period of post-Brexit adjustment.

At the start of his Conservative Party's conference, Johnson was again forced to defend his government against complaints from those unable to get petrol for their cars, retailers warning of Christmas shortages, and gas companies struggling with a spike in wholesale prices.

The British leader had wanted to use the conference to turn the page on more than 18 months of COVID-19 and to refocus on his 2019 election pledges to tackle regional inequality, crime and social care.

Instead, the prime minister finds himself on the back foot nine months after Britain completed its exit from the European Union - a departure he said would give the country the freedom to better shape its economy.

"The way forward for our country is not to just pull the big lever marked uncontrolled immigration, and allow in huge numbers of people to do work ... So what I won't do is go back to the old failed model of low wages, low skills supported by uncontrolled immigration," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.

"When people voted for change in 2016 and ... again in 2019 as they did, they voted for the end of a broken model of the UK economy that relied on low wages and low skill and chronic low productivity, and we are moving away from that."

SNIP

[yesthatjallen]

Is this an admission the government has been allowing uncontrolled immigration?

Is this an admission uncontrolled immigration has been driving down wages?

[TonyinLA]

I DON’T BELIEVE YOU.

[yesthatjallen]

The Guardian, New York Times, and CNN have been promoting the narrative Brexit is responsible for current supply and labor shortages. If the Guardian, NYT, and CNN are singing the same song you know it's a narrative. This narrative has even been promoted here:

U.K. is experiencing panic-driven gas shortages tied to Brexit

[Robert DeLong]

If Bevis has said that, will “Let’s Go Brandon” follow suit?

[ProfessorGoldiloxx]

The USA used to assist people in need IN PLACE, in their own country. Now Democrats import reliable leftist voting low IQ easily controlled people. The West will fall when the demographics reach a certain point as they breed faster than we do. Some countries it might already be too late.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Yeah, a 50-year period of adjustment.

[antidemoncrat]

You mean someone is tired of a bunch of Muslims invading their country supposedly seeking asylumand then demanding a nationwide Caliphate under Sharia Law?