Migrants will be barred from entering Britain after a Brexit unless they can speak good English and have the right skills for a job.
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In a joint declaration, Johnson and Gove announce plans for an Australian-style points based immigration system to come into force in the years after Britain leaves the EU.
Priti Patel’s rating, by contrast, is down three. “He’s the Prime Minister who sets policy, he will set policy on 23 June but we just want to liberate him to be able to fulfill the manifesto pledge we all stood on”, he said.
A tough points-based immigration system could allow Britain to slash migrant numbers and generate billions for pensions, a major study says today.
“It’s partly to do with some of the successive costs of regulation they face, some of the, you know people have to pay for somebody to count the number of teeth your sheep has got – it’s an extra burden”.
Telephone and online surveys by pollsters ICM put the Brexit campaign ahead on 52 per cent, with Remain on 48 per cent of the vote.
After the entirely predictable economic bludgeoning of the Vote Leave campaign by the other side, which has all the might of the government machine, it’s now clear that rather than try to retaliate with all of their goodies, Outers were keeping some in the cupboard for this moment.
The joint statement came as clashes between leading Conservatives intensified despite a pledge by the Prime Minister to debate the issues.
Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said: “Vote Leave are all over the place on immigration”.
But Prime Minister David Cameron hit back, saying: “Australia has more migration per head than we do here in the United Kingdom, so I think it’s the wrong approach”.
“EU citizens will be subject to legislation made by those we elect in Westminster, not in Brussels. So not only would we trash our economy, we’d also reduce opportunities for people to work in other countries”. “Such a system can be much less bureaucratic and much simpler than the existing system for non-EU citizens”.
FUW managing director Alan Davies pointed to an interview in which former Mayor of London Boris Johnson claimed that any Government that did not pledge to give farmers the same subsidy would be “mad”. “We will end our support for the EU’s disastrous policies that have encouraged the people-smugglers”.
Boris Johnson has said he is “not forming an alternative government” to replace David Cameron despite putting forward detailed plans for a new immigration system.
“EU migrants make a huge contribution to our society, with over 250,000 working in our vital public services. And we will be able to remove those who abuse our hospitality”.
The UK already has a points system for migrants outside the European Union, broken down in to four “tiers” ranging from “high-value” workers to those here temporarily. It’s a disgrace that Vote Leave are using them as political footballs.
Meanwhile Mr Johnson denied there was a plot to oust Mr Cameron.
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But the big gun is the fear of a “Tory Brexit”, a Labour spin on the messages that the Remain campaign’s pollsters believe are most effective: warning about the risks of a leap in the dark, but conceding that the European Union is an imperfect institution.
