teech:
We always had control of our borders. We were not in Schengen and under EU rules anyone from another EU country not finding work within 3 months could be sent home. Under the Dublin agreement we had the ability to send some asylum seekers back to other EU countries without hearing their claim. Our Government chose not to implement control for reasons known to them.
Brexit has only benefitted the disaster capitalists and those not wanting their tax affairs to be examined. The EU proposed implementing Tax transparency laws in 2020 and the city ran scared!
We did not.
It is disingenuous to say we did.
Like it or not the reason people voted brexit was because they blamed immigration for the lack of jobs or undercutting of local people.
This was happening in the building trade 10000% percent. There is no denying this.
Same in the trucking game. When I worked at Tuffnells… 70-80% of the hgv driver were from Romania.
As for asylum seekers… we basically had an open door policy. We would send them back and they would go back to Calais for their next crack at getting in. Their chances were pretty good as we had free movement of goods so not all trucks were checked. Now it is more difficult and they opt for boats.
Yea technically we ‘could’ send someone home after 3 months. did it happen? probably but rarely.
I agree Brexit has been a failure. But it should of been an opportunity.
We could of had a good trade deal with the EU… we did not for various reasons. We could of had a good trade deal with many other countries… for whatever reason that has not happened.
Well the reason is clear. This government is completely useless. They wasted billions during the pandemic and they are wasting even more money now in Ukraine.
But either way.
Re-joining the EU is not an option. Even if we did rejoin the EU it would not solve much.