And so it begins?

I wondered how long it would take until this kind of deeply disturbing government policy would emerge. I had thought they would wait until Brexit started to take hold, but apparently not.

In a modern, globally interconnected world, why are we still so obsessed with rights being contingent on where we were born? Is a talented foreigner worth so much less than someone who won the luck of the draw and was born here?

With the many assurances coming out of the government that they will be able to ensure continued foreign investment in the economy, you would have thought we would be looking to make it easy for companies to work in this country rather than establishing a protectionist mindset. Why would a company open an office in Britain if they can't bring over any of their own staff? Why would they willingly subject themselves to the kind of draconian rules that have been proposed?

This is the 21st century. Surely in a time of global instability we should be looking outwards and seeking to make friends rather than cultivating insularity and turning our backs on the rest of the world.