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When it was launched, Priti Patel said “this is exactly what our new point-based immigration system was designed for – attracting the best and brightest based on the skills and talent they have."

He stepped down as editor of the newspaper in 2018 after 26 years in the role.

Business minister Paul Scully said the prime minister was only "boiling down a complicated message" - we've heard that one before!

"There are the naysayers and the doom-mongers who claim that we are Little Britain – too slow, too weak, too inexperienced."

Sebastian Przetakowski, who has worked in the industry in the UK for almost two decades, said he is currently fully booked up until next year and has to turn down work because he can no longer find bricklayers and carpenters.

"Update: following 144,000 deaths he just impersonated a racecar during a big speech on Peppa Pig World," wrote James Felton.

He acknowledged that some had described this view as cynical. “But it’s true,” he said.

"What bitterness and regret looks like," tweeted one social media user in response.

"People will die as result, others will get #LongCovid, families will be bereaved, ALL UNNECESSARILY!'" a doctor wrote.