Immigration

Vote Leave “save our curry houses” campaign fails to deliver as preferential treatment of EU citizens for visas stays on table.

PM suggests she’ll “negotiate with the EU” the UK’s new migration rules. It’s admission she won’t take back control of key referendum issue.

Leave campaign claimed high EU migration was hurting NHS, jobs and wages. Funny that numbers have more than halved yet things are worse.

Migration worries were key part of Leave vote. MPs’ vote on final Brexit deal can’t be meaningful without knowing shape of long-term policy.

PM picks unnecessary fight with EU over migration. She’ll probably have to u-turn again. If she digs heels in, Brexit process could explode.

UK will have to pay France more and admit more young migrants to preserve border deal.

Some Brexiters are hot under collar about guaranteeing free movement rights until end of transition. It would actually protect our economy.

In year since referendum show EU net migration fell by 82,000. This is bad news for the economy and shows UK less attractive for workers.

Not only could we respond to voters’ concerns about migration without damaging economy. Quitting EU would also involve some loss of control.

Johnson said Poles’ rights in UK were protected “whatever happens”. If he pushed hard enough, he could make that government policy.

Initial surprise of Brexit vote has given way to anger and a sense of betrayal. UK’s problem will soon be departing talent, not immigration.

Former PM makes good points, but risks raising expectations unrealistically and giving populists too much credit.