Keir Starmer and Diane AbbottDiane Abbott has declared that Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” immigration speech was “fundamentally racist” and copying Reform UK’s rhetoric.The prime minister sparked comparisons right-wing former Tory minister Enoch Powell after he announced Labour’s plans to slash the number of migrants coming to the UK last month.At the time, he said: “In a diverse nation like ours, and I celebrate that, these rules become even more important.“Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.”Speaking at anti-austerity rally on Saturday, Abbott, a respected Labour backbencher, joined the chorus of critics who have called out the speech.The left-wing MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington particularly tore into Starmer’s warning about becoming an “island of strangers”.She said she was “disturbed” to hear his remarks, noting: “I tho