The position of Tory MP
suggesting the permission of nationals of EU countries to come to the UK and
continue working after Brexit has been condemned by Nigel Farage, as he
lambasted David Davis for making moves to bring such idea to reality.
Farage expressed a great deal of
betrayal from the Brexit Secretary’s comment which says low-skilled EU migrant
workers would continue to exist for “years and years” after the UK exits the
EU.
During his presentation on his
LBC show, the former UKIP leader stated that boarder control was the main
reason for exiting the EU.
According to him: “A man that I
campaigned with, I shared platforms with during the referendum campaign, the
man that I thought was the ultimate hardliner in this government, the man that
would absolutely guarantee that Brexit meant Brexit has said in a speech in
Riga, Latvia that British people need a lot of persuading.
“It would indeed take years and
years to get them to do the jobs currently done by EU workers and he would only
restrict free movement of people when it was in the national interest.
“Now I can scarcely believe that
these arguments have come from David Davis because it seemed to me that the
main reason above all that we voted to leave the European Union is we wanted to
get back control of our lives and, in particular, control of our borders
because unrestricted free flow of unskilled labour had driven down wages, had
made it tough to get a GP appointment, to get our kids into the right school.
‘I am astonished that of all the
people it’s David Davis that has said this. I assume if we mean we’re going to
continue with free movement of people, we mean free access to the health
service, free education system for people’s children.
“I just wonder, whether like me,
you feel a little bit betrayed by what’s been said by David Davis of all
people.”
Davis made it clear during his
visit to Estonia that the British government will not "suddenly shut the
door" on foreign workers when the country leaves the bloc. He further
stressed that it will take a very long time for a British citizen to accept to
do most jobs being done by foreigners.
On the other hand former Tory
minister Iain Duncan Smith, a leading figure in the campaign to quit the
European Union, insisted home-grown workers could take over the migrant jobs on
a much speedier timescale than that forecast by Mr Davis.
Mr Duncan Smith said: "My
sense is that it is going to happen quicker than that."
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