Thursday 27 May 2010

Queen's English

The Queen opened Parliament on 25 May with a speech on the new Government's policies:
"In the long term we should up-skill British workers so that we do not need as many economic migrants to fill jobs."
"up-skill" = improve the skills of
"migrants" = foreigners
If people go to another country to work, the usual procedure is for them to have work visas which have a time limit.
That does not make them migrants.
To call them migrants up-steps their potential claim to permanent residence.