Just been out campaigning for Sadiq for London; people have been leaving their houses to greet me. …
Immigration
In a commentary on the OECD report on Brexit, Chris Giles of the FT publishes a graph/chart from the report showing the proportion of high, medium and low skilled foreign workers and compares these proportions with other EU member states. The UK does not welcome a high proportion of low skilled workers. The OECD and NIESR both argue that restricting immigration will reduce wealth, growth and tax revenue; bottom line is in order to grow we need to fill the growing skills shortages, in fact restricting immigration is a cause of economic decline. …
Sadiq for London
The London Mayoral election is reaching its denouement and getting dirty. The Tory’s fires of pandering to islamaphopia, lit presumably by the serial racist Lynton Crosby and fanned by Cameron, would have thought to have ended with the disclosure that the dangerous islamist that Kahn allegedly associates with is in fact a Tory. It’s a degrading campaign, damaging the reputation of two good men. Furthermore, there can be little doubt that the timing of the story about Naz Shah’s anti-semitism is designed to damage Labour’s campaigns across the country and has aided by the stupidity and dishonesty of comments made by Labour’s own right and left. Kahn recognised from day one that racism was going to be an attack vector on his credibility and good will in an attempt to win the Mayoralty and become the Mayor that London needs …