Well if it was (bound to be) then they should have the political nerve to say "no way, this isn't workable, think again".
Totally putting aside any personal emotion about this, if all immigration was stopped, then the country would stagnate, and frankly we don't have to look far to find home grown examples of "don't it make you prowd to be British innit".
Introduce the harder English test, introduce say a ban on benefit entitlement for - ummm - 5 years of working and paying into the pot - and we're talking about people who want to work and would contribute to the economy.
Introducing some new rule purely aimed at meeting some tory proposal of cutting immigration, and aimed in a scattergun fashion, well that is frankly barking. Yes we know immigration has got crazy in the last few years, and we also know where many of the real problems are. Everyone makes fun of towns becoming "Little Poland", but really, few actually have reason to seriously complain about them. No-one cares about Aussies coming over, few care if a few hundred thousand Chinese students are here - we all know who actually cause problems.
Plus, frankly, if it was this easy - put up the salary needed to bring in a partner - then surely someone would have done it already. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something about this proposal which says both "unworkable" and "illegal".
Plus, we all know the biggest immigration is from within the EU - and there's not a rats ass they can do about this. Well if they think it's bad now, wait until Turkey joins
Can't we have a general election
