Harry Monk:
dozy:
As for all you brexiters knew this would happen , show me all these posts from before the referendum stating this ? , I can’t remember anyone ever saying that , maybe I’m wrong but I’d like to see these threads .Are you for real? For years, for well over a decade in fact I and numerous others have been pointing out the huge and detrimental effect that cheap eastern European labour was having on our earnings, the whole reason Brexit came about was because of it. We pointed out over and over again that the only way our earnings potential would be restored was if this wage arbitrage was ended by leaving the eu, which is the entire reason we voted Brexit.
And you didn’t notice any of those posts?
Really?
It’s a bit vague saying “wages might go up” if you end mass migration - maybe they will maybe they won’t - I don’t think this current shortage is all down to Brexit tho - covid and ir35 have played a big part. Why would any of the EE truck drivers leave just because of Brexit? They havn’t been forced to leave. My guess is IR35 has reduced their money so they went back or got a job outside HGV driving.
Tim Martin has got on his hind legs - spent years screaming for brexit and ending freedom of movement - now demanding “liberal immigration” for his worker shortage 