Boris lauds indispensable graduates
Boris Johnson is the latest in front line politics to condemn Theresa May's plans to deport more overseas graduates unless they meet the strict criteria.
In a long-running row between Theresa May and her Home Office against other members of the British elite, Boris Johnson has now waded in to claim that graduates are indispensable to the British economy. Boris made the announcement during a tour of West Yorkshire, while trying to whip up support for the General Election.
May has been consistently challenged over decision to crack down on non-EU graduates. The latest to make their disagreement public is potential rival for the Conservative Party Leadership, Boris Johnson. He said 'I think that foreign students play an absolutely indispensable part in the economy of higher education.'
Boris continued to argue that these graduates have contributed lots to helping Britain be a world leader in several fields. Johnson said 'Having graduated, they can also be hugely important to the UK economy and are often responsible for start-up businesses and play a major role in some of the industries [in which] this country now leads the world.'
Rumours have also been circulated that the plan to crackdown on graduates has been vetoed by someone else who also fancies their chances for the Leadership, with The Times reporting this to have been the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
Boris was joined earlier in the week by the Inventor James Dyson, who was been extremely vocal on the issue in the past. Dyson earlier this week 'Our borders must remain open to the world's best. Give them our knowledge, allow them to develop their own, and permit them to apply it here on our shores. Their ideas and inventiveness will create technology to export around the world.'
Adding 'May's immigration plans simply force the nimble minds we nurture to return home and fuel competition from overseas. Why would they return? Often they hail from emerging economies and nations that respect science and engineering.'
by James Howell
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