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Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says by cmdshiftf4 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:33AM (#22363273)
>Is the population of natives (perhaps citizens/residents would have fewer negative connotations?) really willing to bear costs and risks?

86% of the current population of the UK was born there. The overwhelming majority voted for the current Tory government and as such, for Brexit.

So therefore yes, I believe the natives are likely to bear the costs and risks.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign-born_population_of_the...

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Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says by MagnumOpus on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:43AM (#22363766)
Only 42% voted for Tories, while more than 50% voted for parties endorsing a 2nd referendum. So much for “the overwhelming majority voted for Tories”.
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