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Yesterday, the Prime Minister showed her hand on Brexit Britain.

And it’s clear is she is being led by the nose by UKIP, and the hard right of the Tory party.

But all they care about is one thing.

Not our health service, jobs, or our schools. Immigration.

Being a UKIP politician must be a great gig.

Any problem? Any public concern?

Whatever the question the answer is always, always, just one thing. Immigration. NHS crisis? Too many migrants.

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Housing shortage? Immigrants. Low pay? Immigrants again.

Too much dog poo in your street? Probably the immigrants.

And isn’t that how we’ve got into this Brexit mess?

It’s the oldest trick in the book.

Divide and rule.

For the rich and powerful, it’s much better that those with less in our society blame the people who are workers just like them – except they were not born in Britain – rather than the wealthy who take from our society and put in too little.

Nigel Farage for example, pretends to be just like the guy in the pub.

Yet his Brexit mess is one big con trick.

You can’t solve every problem our country faces by barking ‘immigration!’ and slamming the door.

Now, it might seem on the face of it that there is a point to be made about immigration.

Perhaps if there are were fewer people available for jobs, wages might have to rise.

But that would not be the end of it. Fewer people means fewer people to spend money. The economy would shrink.

Less tax coming in means even more cuts.

Our population is steadily ageing, and without more people of working age, we won’t be able to keep our promises on a decent state pension or fund NHS care.

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And yet the Prime Minister promised us all the Brexit will make us richer and give us a fairer country.

So let’s put an end to this UKIP nonsense.

Making our country fairer will take more than just shouting about immigration.

We need to see an end to the cuts that hurt those with least.

We need to see the NHS funded properly including care of older people in their homes.

And we need strong unions that can put power back in the hands of people who are paid too little.

Alison McGovern is the Labour MP for Wirral South