BBCNEWS Dateline London October 11, 2021 02:33:00
Done for the last couple of centuries. they said of the prime minister's speech, bombastic, but vacuous and economically illiterate. is that a fair assessment? it is economically illiterate because what he wants to do is replace a model, an economic model, based on low wages, low productivity and massive emigration, by a future model based on high wages, based on high productivity, and also limited immigration, mostly skilled. you can't do that short—term or medium—term, and there's another problem. it's a cultural problem. the young, british, unskilled workers don't want to do thejob eu i...