Jeremy Corbyn is right not to promise deep cuts in UK immigration, because the only surefire way to deliver them is not by restricting freedom of movement but by crashing the economy. Indeed, that lack of public confidence has been partly fuelled by politicians promising to deliver deep cuts in net migration but spectacularly failing to deliver. Won’t leaving the European Union mean deep cuts in immigration can now be delivered? The jobseekers could face restrictions, but even if they were all banned it would not deliver the deep cuts sought. The only sure way to deliver deep cuts in immigration is to crash the economy.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 10:10 UTC