I'd say the vast majority would be happy to see immigration of unthreatening highly skilled people who would pay a lot of tax and less happy to see immigration of scary poor people who will depr… (View Post)

You reckon if it had been someone from ITV of a similar standing (the only example I can think of being, er, Schofield) they wouldn't have bothered? Really? It's a story about Huw Edwards b… (View Post)

Agree with all that - but as a subset of this discussion, worth noting that a disproportionate ones of those who do move countries are also those who pay a lot of tax. (View Post)

It's not going to attract everyone, for the reasons you set out. It's certainly not going to attract me with a wife and three kids and a nice suburban house and ageing parents and an aversi… (View Post)

No doubt the vfm in state schools is better if you measure purely by results, but that's because a lot of what you pay for at private schools goes on non-academic things it's difficult to q… (View Post)