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    8 months ago

    Seems someone is scared that all their young people would hightail off to Europe…

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        8 months ago

        That too, in that they don’t want seasonal agricultural workers to feel secure, because then they can be abused harder on pain of summary deportation, but they also need enough young British people to stay put to keep everything else afloat both through their direct labour, through the services made possible from the taxes they pay, and from the competition their expertise and economic effect they provide if they remain in the UK.