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  Reg the immigration problem is trickey for any government, despite populist promises. Businesses want immigrants to man their businesses in London and all the big cities and they lobby with considerable power. The government is not keen to take on the business community. There are plenty of jobs to go round of the basic variety..restaurants etc etc.. this is where most of the immigrants slot in.
  
  Alex is right..any amount of EU citizens can come here and find work. Cameron was extravagant with his promises during the election and essentially he cannot do anything about immigration levels from within the EU. He then, once in power, placed emphasis on immigrants coming from further afield but we have yet to see much of an improvement there..if any.
  
  But with regard to fluidity of labour movement. There was an American or Canadian chap, a high flyer, on the BBC's Question Time a few nights ago. He said that one of the real handicaps the British had was a total lack of languages. We basically speak English and nothing else...but the way the world is going..said he... languages should be a part of every school curiculum and should be seriously learned. Then an English person from Dover or anywhere else could just as easily get a job in Paris or Gdansk as he could here. In the years to come it will be all about fluidity. In other words it doesnt have to be one way traffic but we have to grasp the nettle.

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