Tag Archives: immigration
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Explaining Labour’s immigration confusion
Leave a commentNovember 29, 2019 by Paul Goldsmith
In the absence of a sensible debate about immigration, the Tories having a policy that might control it is attracting …
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Explaining Tony Blair’s immigration proposals
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The ad hominem attacks were quick in coming, but the political and economic arguments were much slower to arrive. Former …
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If they want to ‘win’, Remainers will need to be patient
1September 1, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
As you may know, there is a strong and well-supported movement to reverse the EU referendum result. In one sense …
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The real Brexit Debate: Fairness between Consumers and Producers
1August 10, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Since the Brexit vote, there has been a lot of talk about effect of immigration controls on our public services …
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Why there is no simple answer for the ‘3 million’?
1June 25, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The latest incident of Theresa May managing to snatch a worse defeat from an already pretty bad one has been …
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Why we should spend that ‘£350m a week’ on education instead
2June 17, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Just after last year’s referendum, a friend of mine commented that the Leave campaign had ‘missed a trick’ with their …
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UKIP’s Brexit tests – any negotiation is too much
Leave a commentMay 27, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The launch of the UKIP manifesto was a chance for us to see them put the details on what being …
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Please let there be no more immigration ‘caps’
Leave a commentMay 3, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
How do make a well-trained Canadian GP leaving the UK and going back to Canada seem like a ‘good’ thing? How …
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The vote to leave was NOT a vote for a points-based immigration system
1September 6, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
So the first Brexit battle-line is drawn. Theresa May has ‘ruled-out’ an Australian style points system for immigration as a …
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EU referendum – Points systems for immigration could wreck the UK’s economy
Leave a commentJune 2, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
I’ll start by declaring an interest. Yesterday I had my hair cut in at a barber’s set up and staffed …
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How economics and politics are causing our labour market to fail
Leave a commentNovember 3, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Nowhere is the tone of public discourse and the facts on the ground so different as the jobs market. The …
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UKIP’s manifesto – plans relying completely on the counter-factual
Leave a commentApril 17, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
What I have liked about UKIP’s contribution to British politics over the past few years has been the effect that …
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If you don’t love it, leave it? Poppycock
10March 22, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Do you HAVE to love your country? If you don’t love your country, should you leave it? I’m not just …
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If our workers were more like our immigrants we would need less immigrants
Leave a commentMarch 15, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In their wonderful detailed and balanced attempt to discern the difference between myth and reality with immigration to this country, …
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Unrealistic targets are not the way to deal with the politics of immigration
Leave a commentMarch 5, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Talk to people around the country about immigration, and they will say that it is a really important topic for …
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Why is there a correlation between immigration and inequality?
Leave a commentJanuary 24, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Professor Danny Dorling from Oxford University visited our school this week to talk about inequality. It was the very last thing …
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Labour immigration policy cannot exist without offering an EU referendum
2December 23, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The Labour Party is undergoing convulsions on the topic of immigration this week. First, Ed Miliband gave what he had …
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No, Theresa, you May not bolster your leadership claims by stopping foreign graduates staying here.
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Those blasted immigrants. Who do they think they are? Coming over here, saving our lives, creating products we want. Oh, …
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You want the truth on immigration? You can’t handle the truth.
16November 28, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Owen Paterson – a Conservative MP who used to the Environment Secretary, gave a speech this week in which he …
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Nigel Farage wants his country back. To what extent?
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Journalists love Nigel Farage for a simple reason – he gives good copy. He says what he believes and isn’t …
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The best way to pay for the NHS in future? Immigration
4November 6, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England, published a report last week into the future of the health service, …
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Winning on immigration will not win elections. Fact.
Leave a commentOctober 21, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
It’s all a bit odd. The Conservatives seem to think that they will win the next election by talking a …
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Have we just discovered that the NHS is a Westminster bubble issue but not a voting issue
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Amongst the fall-out from the astonishing performance of UKIP on Thursday in the Heywood and Middleton by-election, it is possible …
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Cameron delivers a speech aimed at tightening the Tory defence of Downing Street
Leave a commentOctober 2, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
David Cameron made his pitch to the nation yesterday in his last conference speech before the 2015 General Election. The …
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UKIP policies – closely targetted at winning seats but not for a serious party of power
1September 30, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Just before the UKIP conference, the Labour Party released a press statement pointing out that UKIP were “more Tory that …
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Nick Clegg and the politics of border controls.
Leave a commentAugust 10, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
How can a proper immigration control system exist in his country that counts and checks the people coming in but …
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2014 election focus: Conservatives must put long-term survival ahead of short-term power
Leave a commentMay 31, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Having lived much of my life under the belief that if you have low expectations of everything you are more …
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2014 elections focus: How do we solve a problem like UKIP?
1May 27, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
First, some statistical perspective, because it’s important. Turnout in the EU elections was around 32%. Of this, UKIP got 27.5% …
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