Listen to Chris Bryant’s disastrous interview on Today earlier today:
Chris Bryant, the shadow borders and immigration minister, is under fire this morning after his much trailed speech on employers that exploit migrant workers to undercut British workers unravelled. He mentioned two case studies in pre-released material: a Tesco distribution centre in Kent and a Next warehouse in West Yorkshire, both of which use migrant workers from the ‘Eastern Bloc’.
Alas, Bryant got his facts wrong. First, Tesco has no distribution centres in Kent. There is a centre in Dagenham, in Essex, where the company uses a mixture of local and migrant workers and pays above the minimum wage. Meanwhile, Next says that it uses migrant workers to meet short demand when local sources are unavailable.
Britain’s best politics newsletters
You get two free articles each week when you sign up to The Spectator’s emails.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Comments
Join the debate, free for a month
Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first month free.
UNLOCK ACCESS Try a month freeAlready a subscriber? Log in