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Today has been like when he delivered that appalling 'Island of Strangers' speech which he apparently now regrets but the damage has been done

We're sick of you Keir, sick of your weakness and cowardice.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/starmer-facing-fresh-challenge-as-labour-mps-condemn-asylum-plans

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the Guardian

Starmer facing fresh challenge as Labour MPs condemn asylum plans

Significant divisions exposed within party as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

Greens will take the votes that Fash Labour don't want....

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But MPs said there were in particular widespread concerns about "morally
bankrupt" moves to ramp up the deportation of families - which in practice
would mean increased detention of children before removal.
"I didn't fight an election as a Labour MP to bundle distressed children on to
deportation flights," one MP said. Another MP in a Green-facing seat said
they were facing an enormous backlash on social media. "It's all terrible.
Straight out of the far-right playbook. Lots of colleagues feel the same," said
a third. — But MPs said there were in particular widespread concerns about "morally bankrupt" moves to ramp up the deportation of families - which in practice would mean increased detention of children before removal. "I didn't fight an election as a Labour MP to bundle distressed children on to deportation flights," one MP said. Another MP in a Green-facing seat said they were facing an enormous backlash on social media. "It's all terrible. Straight out of the far-right playbook. Lots of colleagues feel the same," said a third.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

But like with ICE in America the suffering is the point. The minority of Voters this appeals to want to see an Other suffer at their command, the spite gives them life.

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Enver Solomon, the chief executive of Refugee Council, said: “What’s being
forgotten here is that behind these proposals are men, women and children
who have survived war, persecution and unimaginable loss, and who arrive
in the UK with almost nothing.

“These reforms sound tough, but they won't fix the real problems in the
asylum system. Instead, they risk creating more delays, more stress and
‘more inhumane treatment for the very people the system is meant to
protect — Enver Solomon, the chief executive of Refugee Council, said: “What’s being forgotten here is that behind these proposals are men, women and children who have survived war, persecution and unimaginable loss, and who arrive in the UK with almost nothing. “These reforms sound tough, but they won't fix the real problems in the asylum system. Instead, they risk creating more delays, more stress and ‘more inhumane treatment for the very people the system is meant to protect

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