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		tomlockwood 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8%, investments by 12-1... If you have a look at figure 2 here: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/lo... You'll see that immigration was at record levels post Brexit.

Aloisius 48 days ago [–]

Yes, but a third of Poles emigrated, largely ending Brits' moral panic about Polish plumbers stealing the jobs, social housing and increasing housing prices.

Not that it solved the issue of jobs, social housing or housing prices of course.

tomlockwood 47 days ago | [–]

So a largely imaginary "problem" was replaced with an even larger "problem".

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