You have got hold of the wrong end of the stick, Oneeyedvic, and this may well be my fault for not saying what I meant properly. (It is often difficult to do so in 1700 characters).
I am not suggesting that the one million unemployed could all be trained as doctors. What I am suggesting is that they might become employed in some capacity, thus enabling people doing (for example, but not necessarily) fruit picking but who are capable of more skilled or intellectual work, to move up a rung.
The million people to whom I refer (I think the actual number is about 985k) are those drawing Jobseekers� Allowance. They are thus available for and should be actively seeking work. They are not in full time education or anything else which prevents them from working.
I did not suggest that all the doctors here would suddenly become fruit pickers. What I was suggesting is that if we cut down the places for trainee doctors (because we are importing ready trained ones) a number of young people here who may have wanted to train as doctors will have to find themselves other careers.
My earlier post was made with an element of tongue in cheek and the examples were not meant to be exhaustive. But it has a serious point and that is all about managing resources. This country currently has 1m people unemployed, many of whom will be allowed (and will be quite happy) to languish on benefits for most of their lives. Meantime we are being asked to believe that we must bring people from other countries to carry out tasks in order �to keep us afloat�, whilst continuing to pay people to do nothing. It does not make sense, and I�m amazed that you�re amazed!