May rules out points-based immigration system for the UK
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37271420[/url]
[quote]Theresa May has rejected a points-based system for controlling EU migration, one of the key promises of Leave campaigners during the referendum.
Speaking in China, the PM acknowledged people had voted for more control on the numbers of people moving to the UK.
But she questioned whether a point-based model would work and Number 10 later said it was "not an option".
Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage said many people had voted Leave for the policy, backed by Boris Johnson among others.[/quote]
convieniant that all the leave leaders left so she can do this without repercussions
one step closer to the EEA
brexit means brexit, unless of course brexit means economic suicide
[editline]5th September 2016[/editline]
glad may is at least a pragmatist at heart
[quote] Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage said many people had voted Leave for the policy [/quote]
Maybe you shouldn't have lied and fear mongered then you stupid prick, because this was never on the table.
[QUOTE]Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage said many people had voted Leave for the policy[/QUOTE]
Don't promise what you can't give, dickhead.
why
it works well for us and australia
[QUOTE=Untouch;51004003]why
it works well for us and australia[/QUOTE]
Just because it works well for some countries, does not mean it'll work just as well for others.
[QUOTE=Spetsnaz95;51004027]Just because it works well for some countries, does not mean it'll work just as well for others.[/QUOTE]
Also the UK will not get EEA access unless it keeps freedom of movement.
One of the retarded promises Boris did was getting rid of freedom of movement while still keeping access to the single market even though access to it [b]requires[/b] freedom of movement.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;51004035]Also the UK will not get EEA access unless it keeps freedom of movement.
One of the retarded promises Boris did was getting rid of freedom of movement while still keeping access to the single market even though access to it [b]requires[/b] freedom of movement.[/QUOTE]
it's gonna be a hell of a shock to the system for these people to discover the UK isn't that important...
[QUOTE=Bobie;51003950]one step closer to the EEA[/QUOTE]
Whats that?
how can nigel get up in arms saying people voted leave for this policy when they had "£350 million will go to our nhs if we leave the EU" on their f u c k i n g BUS and then went welp fuck that as if it didn't matter
i honestly hate this country so much
[QUOTE=Lollipoopdeck;51004547]Whats that?[/QUOTE]
the EU without any of the political or social benefits of being in the EU. we will be a laughing stock
read this on [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/points-based-immigration-system-theresa-may-explained-brexit-referendum-australia-a7227001.html"]the telegraph[/URL]
[quote]Why is Theresa May against it?
A points-based system has also been criticised as unsuitable for the UK because it wants to cut migration – while Australia (and Canada and New Zealand) use it to expand their smaller populations. Migration Watch described it as “thoroughly unsuitable for the UK”, which needed a low cap, a visa system and proper border checks.[/quote]
seems like a pretty smart choice tbh
[editline]5th September 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;51003976]Maybe you shouldn't have lied and fear mongered then you stupid prick, because this was never on the table.[/QUOTE]
yeah, it's fucking annoying. especially for a guy that was constantly referring to remain arguments as "project fear"
[QUOTE=Lollipoopdeck;51004547]Whats that?[/QUOTE]
The European Economic Area is the Europe-wide single market that we'd really like to remain a part of. A few countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) are part of the single market without being members of the EU. The problem is that even if you're not in the EU, you still have to follow most EU laws if you want to be part of the single market - including free movement of people, which is basically the whole reason for Brexit in the first place. And you have no power to change those laws either - only EU member states can do that. So we'd basically be keeping all of the things people didn't like about the EU, and losing any influence to change anything. Furthermore, [url=http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/09/the-new-blueprint/]according to polls[/url], voters will consider the government to have not honoured the referendum result if free movement of people remains in place.
Leaving the EEA, however, would be tantamount to telling foreign investors to take their money and get the fuck out of our country - for example, Japan [url=http://news.sky.com/story/japans-unprecedented-warning-to-uk-over-brexit-10564585]published a 15-page memo[/url] the other day essentially saying 'our industries want you to know that if you leave the EEA they say lol bye'. But then we knew all of this before the referendum so, regardless of how damaging it might be, I guess that's what we just voted for.
the shit-show must go on!
:hammered:
Two Norwegian foreign ministers, on two separate occasions ([url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20830201]2012[/url] and [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32957134]2015[/url]), actually issued direct warnings to Britain that being in the EEA without being in the EU kinda sucks and we should think twice about it. We only had to listen
[QUOTE=Untouch;51004003]why
it works well for us and australia[/QUOTE]
We [b]need[/b] freedom of movement.
[QUOTE=Cructo;51004843]They should have a referendum for that, if the people voted to leave because of the policy.[/QUOTE]
we should outlaw direct democracy and instead replace FPTP with PR. the layman doesn't know what is best for the country, who would've guessed?
Can we herd up the Leave voters and ship them off to a remote island by this point?
Because if they so dearly want to recklessly throw away a mutually beneficial relationship with the other countries in our own fucking continent over "sovereignty" and "ewwww brown people", why should those of us who aren't totally brain damaged have to suffer the consequences?
[QUOTE=hexpunK;51005284]Can we herd up the Leave voters and ship them off to a remote island by this point?
Because if they so dearly want to recklessly throw away a mutually beneficial relationship with the other countries in our own fucking continent over "sovereignty" and "ewwww brown people", why should those of us who aren't totally brain damaged have to suffer the consequences?[/QUOTE]
Honestly I agree, I feel like as great as our democracy is, misinformation and ignorance have undermined the entire premise.
[QUOTE=Rossy167;51005396]Honestly I agree, I feel like as great as our democracy is, misinformation and ignorance have undermined the entire premise.[/QUOTE]
I think the greatest irony of it all is a lot of leave voters voted purely on "BRITAIN FOR BRITISH!!" values. And in the process have utterly ruined the relationship of the union, with Scotland once again considering independence as we have wholly gone against the terms they put forward for abandoning the last attempt. NI appears to be looking over at England with an expression of "why the hell did we leave you in charge again?" and Wales is...actually I don't know what Wales is up to. Sometimes for they're there.
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