Re: ...citing the Windrush scandal as justification.
I think your very response does justify the little Englander tag. Britain is not overrun with illegal immigrants and I defy you to name any "non-English" community which has no wish to follow British laws. Are you referring to your fellow citizens from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?
The issue around the hostile environment was that the bar to proving eligibility was set so high that very few people could meet it without an existing passport, imagine having to prove your residence in the UK with paper documentation for every year you have resided here. Even people with 100% work records were unable to prove their residency as the Home Office would not use benefits records or tax records to confirm residency,
Whilst increased trade to commonwealth countries would be no bad thing do not think that they are sat there waiting for us. These countries already have trade agreements with japan, China the US and each other. The Indian government has already stated that any new trade agreement would be contingent on a huge increase in the number of work visa;'s available for Indian nationals. It may well be that other commonwealth countries decide that free movement will be the price of enhanced trade agreements.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
