Foreigners taking our jobs? Not much chance of that now

Immigration became the big issue in the EU referendum. It's also why the supermarket shelves are empty

On the eve of reshuffling his Alexander's Ragtime Band of cabinet ministers, the prime minister let it be known that he intended to fight the next election around Brexit". No doubt this will have come as interesting news to the growing band of Brexiters who are complaining that it was not meant to be about a high tax and high spend" economy.

Yes, as we see daily evidence of the disaster that is Brexit, Johnson fantasises that, on the contrary, it is a success story. He has promoted to the role of foreign secretary Liz Truss, whose pathetic trade deals have produced far less satisfactory arrangements than we had as a member of the EU.