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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Letters

Minus migrant labour, Britain would collapse

A Polish care worker in Manchester
A Polish care worker in Manchester. 'In my dream all the immigrant workers in Britain take their holiday in the same week,' writes Michael Levine. Photograph: Jon Super

I have a dream. In my dream all the immigrant workers in Britain take their holiday in the same week. This would involve all those working as cleaners, factory workers, shop assistants, railway workers, bus drivers, care home assistants, nurses, doctors, computer programmers, technical experts and all the others, too numerous to name. Britain would collapse. It would be the pleasure of a lifetime to watch the resultant whinging from the barmy racists who seem so unaware of and ungrateful for the contribution that these people make to the lives of each and every one of us. Immigrants have brought their training with them, undertaken at the expense of their countries of origin. We should be paying foreign governments for this.
Michael Levine
Bristol

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