Come on then, a 10-year-old needs Brexit questions answered

She asked if immigrants working in Britain paid for their health needs to the British tax system, to which I said yes.

She then asked about British living abroad. I said they pay to the system of where they live and work.

She then pointed out that most British living abroad are retired and are in greater need of medical attention than British immigrants, as they are young and need very little healthcare.

I had to agree as that made sense.

She then went on to say that after we leave the EU, all those British living abroad would have to come home to Britain for their health needs that they now get where they live, due to the EU health agreement.

She asked if that would not put a much greater cost on to the NHS, as we wouldn’t have the young fit immigrants health contributions to pay for it. Confused I had to agree.

She then said that when she went to the Princess Royal A&E with a broken arm, the only British people she saw was the reception and at the coffee shop, laughingly. She asked if they send all the immigrants home, as they seem to want to do, are they going to train the staff in the coffee shop as doctors and nurses? Again I was tied in knots, so I said well we won’t need the staff anyway as the A&E at the Princess Royal is shutting and patients will have to go to Shrewsbury.

But she still had to have the last word, asking if all the staff at Shrewsbury were British-born. With this I said sorry you are much too clever for me, I will call in the experts to help, so I now call on Mr A Williams and Mr B Wydell to help me out here please. Be gentle with her as she is only 10 and very curious.

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