Sheep magazine Archive 2: issues 10-17

yet-undefined Brexit, opposed by 48.1 per cent of the electorate, is
laughable.
Although a number of the more vehemently right-wing newspapers
chose to focus on May’s ‘hardball’ stance on immigration during her
visit, they didn’t pick up on the incongruity of the Prime Minister haggling
over ‘Indians with no right to remain in the UK’ whilst hankering after a
lucrative trade deal.
At a tech summit in Delhi, May was pressured by business leaders
including Sir James Dyson and Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer,
to welcome more skilled Indian workers and students to Britain. The
Government’s current position seems to involve the hope that India will
still sign a cushy deal with us, while we crack down on Indians in Britain
who’ve outstayed their frosty welcome.
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The political conversation in Britain has, despite the influence of Corbyn,
shifted perceptibly to the right. May knows that to keep the would-be-
Ukippers and Brexit-devotees onside, she must act ‘tough on those
foreign people’ despite surely recognising that she cannot turn back the
clock on globalization.
The isolationist, shut-the-door sentiments that brought us Brexit are not
going to serve Britain well when it comes to making international trade
agreements, and to belief otherwise is a self-important indulgence
that we can no longer afford. We live, for better or worse, in an
interconnected world, and the issue of migration cannot be wiped off the
table during trade discussions.
NOVEMBER 2016