Gordon Brown says today that his "British jobs for British workers" slogan was actually referring to plans to give British workers more skills.

"When I talked about British jobs, I was taking about giving people in Britain the skills, so that they have the ability to get jobs which were, at present, going to people from abroad… and actually encouraging people to take up the courses and the educational and learning that it is necessary for British workers to be far more skilled for the future," he will tell BBC's Politics Show.

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Pity he hadn't it made it clear at the time.

Of course he hasn't said how he will address the issue of foreign firms undercutting British engineering and construction companies.