The last couple days woke me up to England's sensitivity on immigration. Seems more common as a news item than our border issues, and the barriers to entry are substantial. Even immigration with the goal of starting a business is expensive. A minimum bankroll of ~US$400K, work it yourself plus provide two full time jobs out of the gate. No seat-of-the-pants startups here, thank you.
I can tell they need IT help. One of the main .gov sites has been down all weekend with a servlet problem. 
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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