This could also help Tom should he repeat his endeavours

Wow. Project Fear is really going into overdrive now

I disagree as I think that it's a very appropriate label when used by either side to incite fear if they don't get their own way

Lock yourself in at home, without WiFi.

COYP

Oh really

So people that wish to remain are regularly using the label? I hadn't noticed.

You have used it as a shorthand in order to incite fear that your political opponents are using scaremongering tactics that are without real merit.

I would not do so, I would argue point for point which is what I have been doing.

As an ex lorry driver I am sure the ports will be a huge issue should we leave the EU, especially if that is done quickly. I have watched the successful changes in how goods are handled at ports over the past decades and can still remember how it used to be - which was dreadful. And not because of technology, everything was just complex.

As someone interested in agriculture I know this will create a huge change in farming which in my opinion will be for the worse.

As someone working in the City I am alarmed and astounded by the shear volume of top jobs that are moving out to other EU countries in advance of Brexit

As an ex HR Director in the Healthcare industry, I know that many of the 9% of EU workers in the NHS will move to other countries, I watched the recruitment market change last year. I also know that in the end we shall need just as many immigrant workers across all aspects of healthcare.

As an ex HR Director in Private Equity I am deeply aware of how hard it is to hire e.g. good mathematicians in the UK. I used to get them mostly from Romania and Italy, where the education system favours Maths.

The effects of Brexit certainly will not be to reduce immigration dramatically in the medium term as we would cripple the country. We will simply have to look more broadly.

As a father I have children that wish to work freely across Europe and who already travel to a variety of EU countries regularly. Again, I remember how hard it used to be to get work permits and I know how hard it is to get EU work permits for non-EU citizens at the moment. I was working in Luxembourg trying to hire Russian, US and Chinese citizens so I do know what I am talking about.

These are all things I have seen and on which I have commented. Presumably I am operating 'project fear' - simply trying to stamp my feet to get my way.

I have argued before that any form of labelling (for example left and right) is not only lazy stereotyping it is also destructive of proper debate and the search for common ground. I stand by that argument.

I suggest companies look beyond the old school tie approach, red brick universities only or nepotism and then they won’t need to hire from bl00dy Romania for a Maths graduate.

I also suggest we start investing in training for Uk born nurses and while we’re at it, every other industry we’ve tried to avoid investing in and instead have recruited cheaply from abroad. It doesn’t take a mathematician to see that is unsustainable.

COYP