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Voters despair at Labour’s ‘futile’ new refugee policy – except for the far right

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has spoken out against so-called illegal immigration as her department announced plans to make refugee status ‘temporary’. In response, the sort of people who might have once supported Labour are ‘despairing’ over Labour’s “futile” attempt to appeal to Reform voters.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson, meanwhile, has celebrated the announcement:


“Division”

Earlier today, Mahmood posted one of the worst pieces of political messaging we’ve ever seen:


If you’re wondering what’s so bad about it, it’s the final sentence. Mahmood is literally saying she doesn’t have a solution. Do you know who is saying they do have a solution? Every other fucking political party.

If you don’t know what the solution is, maybe just keep quiet, eh?

And this isn’t even mentioning that Labour are yet again dancing to Reform’s drum, and in the process they’re herding voters to their left and right:


As you’d expect, many, many people have criticised Mahmood’s stance:

Kafkaesque from Labour

People have also criticised the Home Office’s plan to make refugee status temporary, as Reuters reported:

The Home Office also said that protection for refugees would “now be temporary, regularly reviewed and revoked” if the home country was deemed safe.

“Our system is particularly generous compared to other countries in Europe, where, after five years, you’re effectively automatically settled in this country. We will change that,” Mahmood told Sky News on Sunday.

She added that under the changes, a refugee’s status would be reviewed every two-and-a-half years, during “a much longer path to permanent settlement in this country of 20 years”.

Who is this supposed to appeal to?

The Reform voters who don’t want to let refugees in, or the former Labour voters who want the government to treat refugees with dignity and respect?

People commented on this too:

Eew Labour

Increasingly, Labour are despised by everyone around them. The frothing Farage fans think they’re traitors for letting in anyone, and everyone else thinks they’re the new nasty party.

What a mess.

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By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.