His claims about the lack of skills are complete and utter bullshit and everyone knows it. The UK has millions unemployed right now and millions more underemployed, the EU as a whole (where there is free movement of workers) has 500 million people but apparently
none of them have the skills required for business.
The truth is that the skills do exist in the UK and the wider EU. However, the workers aren't willing to accept the pathetic wages that these businesses are willing to pay. You can't hire an experienced engineer in the UK by paying them minimum wage, but you might be able to hire in someone from China or India on that wage instead.
The BBC Have Your Say comments are usually a bastion of right-wing insanity but it's worth
reading the replies to this piece to see how pissed off people are with this garbage.