Keir Starmer is set to propose a youth mobility scheme allowing 18-30 year olds to live and work in certain EU countries

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1. no, it’s for EU citizens to come to the UK.

   Brits don’t go abroad except to get drunk and/or sunburnt, and they don’t have the language skills either

   edit: should also add that some EU countries see this as a route to _get rid of their unwanted migrants, who they’re confident will go to Britain_

2. That’s one way to apply some spin for going to the eastern front.

3. Excellent, now if we can sue for age discrimination then we can all get freedom of movement back….

4. Can’t wait to hear about how this infringes on our non-existent new Brexit freedoms.

5. “but what about me?”- the main demographic that voted for this

6. Kier and Labour really are bad at politics, whilst I agree with this, he’s picked red meat i.e immigration for Reform and the Tories for his first policy proposal to realign us with Europe.

   Trade should’ve been the starting point and he had a good opportunity to make his move with the tariff threats coming from the US.

7. Not many policies proposed by ol’ Keith since he came to power that I’m a fan of, but I can get behind this one.

   As someone over 30 who regularly works and lives in the EU (because I’m incredibly luck to actually have the opportunity to do this, instead of just whinging/imagining that I can’t on Reddit) I’m very aware that the people being affected by the EU ban on UK workers aren’t professionals with decent work opportunities (for whom nothing has changed, like I say) it’s young people looking to piss about in Amsterdam, Paris, or Prague doing bar work for a summer-that-is-longer-than-90-days. And this will be an opportunity for them to do so again. Like I say, right behind that.

   I was just going to say I hope this doesn’t get through to young Brits wanting to “work a season” in Ibiza, but fuck all has changed there since Brexit, unfortunately. The island is still flooded with them all season. Not sure how they get past the post-Brexit rules, and I’ve never thought to ask.

   EDIT – ooh look, the Reform voters downvoting already. Too cowardly/stupid to enter into a civil discussion as ever.

8. We could also just rejoin the EU like a majority of the country wants, and get our freedom of movement back completely.

9. Love being 29 and voting for remain and being completely fucked over by both labour and Tory’s.

   Absolutely love it totally instills pride and zero resentment for the government and the UK at large

10. It’s a great move. Let our kids experience other worlds, other people, other joys.

11. >Certain EU countries

    I assume this means “reciprocal” agreements with every country except the ones people actually want to live in…

    Nice one 4-beer, 2-tier, Kier (who cheated on his wife) you’ve fucked it once again.

12. This seems sensible. We already have such agreements with Australia, NZ and Canada.

13. At last. My children benefited from British Council and Erasmus schemes before Johnson and Farage decided the children of plebs didn’t deserve to go to Europe!

14. Cue a bunch of over 50s wearing red caps parading down the street complaining this wasn’t what they voted for.

15. Fastest brain drain in British history inbound let’s go! To the continent lads

16. Born too late to explore the world.

    Born too early to explore space.

    Born just in time to be fucked over by multiple “once in a lifetime” economic disasters and watch people older and younger than you get off easier.

17. That’s one way of branding the deployment of conscripts to Eastern Europe I suppose (s)

18. Millennial here.

    Let’s not be bitter.

    At least try and make the world a better place for future generations.

19. How ironic when we see the days when young British men are going to Poland and Romania to work and send money back to their poor and in need British family

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