Forget Twitterstorms — the British government’s plan to force businesses to disclose how many foreigners they employ has whipped up a real tornado of criticism.

The backlash came after Home Secretary Amber Rudd floated the idea, as part of proposals to prevent migrants “taking jobs [that] British people can do,” media reports said.

“There is still one in ten 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.K. who are unemployed,” Rudd said as she presented the plan Tuesday, according to a BBC report. “I want businesses to think first about locally training people where possible.”

Rudd said the government wants to “flush out” companies that aren’t doing enough to employ British talent, but there were plenty who didn’t see it that way.

And it’s not just Twitter users on a hair trigger, either. Foreign politicians, leading British companies, employee groups, children of immigrants, radio DJs — it would be easier to lay out just who wasn’t provoked into a comment.

Some entrepreneurs simply said they were ashamed:

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expressed her disgust:

And even parliament’s only member of Brexit-backing-party UKIP isn’t on board:

Others went as far as to liken Rudd and her party to the Nazis, but the minister pushed back against that label.

“We must not ignore the fact that people want to talk about immigration, and if we do talk about immigration, don’t call me a racist,” the Conservative politician said.

Rudd took over the Home Office’s top job after her predecessor in that post, Theresa May, became the U.K.’s new prime minister. May took over from David Cameron after the U.K. voted in June to exit the European Union. The political upheaval among Conservatives after that referendum opened the door to a change in government leadership and policy.

Taking a different tack, someone asked Rudd how many foreigners her own government department employs:

And not everyone’s against the proposal, of course:

Some people are wondering about how to comply:

While others have already answered the call:

This story was first published on Oct. 6, 2016.