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And importing talent is bad because...

The UK has two problems:

1. We need lots of skilled people.

2. We have lots of people lacking skills.

Importing talent solves problem (1) (and grows the economy and is generally and genuinely a good thing). But problem (2) remains. Why not try to solve both at once?

We also have lots of skilled people missing work. All three problems are related, none are the root cause

Skilled at what?

Software development, for one. In the UK Computer Science is the STEM subject with the highest unemployment rate.

Are you saying that there are people in the UK who are skilled in software development, who cannot find jobs developing software? Or that there are people who have studied computer science (e.g. at university) and cannot find jobs developing software?

For people who voted out? Because it puts downward pressure on wages. As the head of the in campaign pointed out in a rare moment of lucidity:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/1218...

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