I have the good fortune to rarely lose sleep. I don't underestimate the benefit. Just to remind me of how big that is I did lose sleep last night. I could not unwind from the anger I felt about comments Keir Starmer made yesterday.<\/p>\n
Interviewed by the BBC in Scotland he seemingly set out to alienate as many people as possible. He definitely succeeded with me.<\/p>\n
First, he appeared to rule out a referendum on Scottish independence, making clear that he is yet another colonising English politician as a result.<\/p>\n
Then he ruled out ever going back to the EU or ever reintroducing freedom of movement for the people of this country again, alienating not only the majority in the UK as a whole who think Brexit a mistake but the majority in Scotland who see this as the reason for independence.<\/p>\n
And then, within that context he had this to say<\/a>:<\/p>\n Asked how many people he would be prepared to let into the country under a managed migration plan, he said: \"We don't want open borders. Freedom of movement has gone and it's not coming back.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \"So that means fair rules, firm rules, a points-based system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \"What I would like to see is the numbers go down in some areas. I think we're recruiting too many people from overseas into, for example, the health service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n \"But on the other hand, if we need high-skilled people in innovation in tech to set up factories etc, then I would encourage that.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This tweet has the video of this comment:<\/p>\n 'Freedom of movement has gone and it's not coming back. What I would like to see is the numbers go down in some areas. I think we're recruiting too many people from overseas into, for example, the health service' pic.twitter.com\/q2k1t7z2Sx<\/a><\/p>\n — j (@jrc1921) November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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