PM is ‘too rich to care about immigration’
DAVID Cameron and other leading pro-Europeans are too wealthy to care about the effects of immigration, a Cabinet minister claimed yesterday.
Priti Patel launched a pointed swipe against the Prime Minister and Chancellor George Osborne, saying the ‘luxury’ lifestyles of those in the Remain camp mean they are ‘insulated’ from the impact of immigration.
The Tory employment minister suggested they did not understand the consequences of rising immigration on the daily lives of millions of Britons. She said it was ‘shameful’ that the Remain campaign leaders failed to consider the struggles of ordinary families.
In an article for The Telegraph website, she claimed many pro-Europe campaigners only see the benefits of migration, such as cheap domestic help.
Miss Patel wrote: ‘Their narrow selfinterest fails to pay due regard to the interests of the wider public.’
Downing Street said her intervention was an attempt to ‘distract’ voters’ attention away from the economic risk of leaving the EU.