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Priti Patel has celebrated the end of free movement between the UK and EU Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire THE views of Home Office minister Kevin Foster on the skills and labour shortages which are exacerbating the woes of Scottish businesses should not have been surprising at all, given we sadly live in a time of entrenched ideological perspectives. However, his comments during a trip north of the Border last week did nevertheless amaze, and not in any sort of good way. What the comments appeared to indicate was supreme detachment from the reality on the ground. Mr Foster seemed keen to frame his comments as an argument with the Scottish Government.
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