I’m not a big fan of David Blunkett, in rather the same way that I’m not a big fan of having my sensitive body parts sandpapered. However, this is very sensible. Immigrants work hard, do jobs that nobody else can be bothered to do (digressing rant: the rate of involuntary unemployment among able-bodied Britons who haven’t been to jail is zero. Literally anyone can get a job for £4.50 an hour in London or Manchester doing something unpleasant and boring. Whether it’s fair to expect people to move to a different part of the country to take on something so unrewarding is another question), and make everyone better off.

So, one cheer for Mr B…