> Brexit voting areas have seen faster growth in foreign workers since EU referendum
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/20/leave-voting-areas-foreign-workers-decade-since-brexit-referendum
> Less than 5% of payrolled employees were from outside the UK in June 2016. That had increased to just under 10% in December 2024
Yeah no shit. The whole far-right anti-immigrant rhetoric is not about not letting people in, it's about making sure they remain disenfranchised once in!
Cheap labour for the moneyed classes, *and* a leverage against local labour force. A double-whammy.