Nigel Farage and Keir StarmerKeir Starmer has been working incredibly hard in the months since he became prime minister. Day in, day out, he’s been sitting down to get on with the task at hand – perfecting his Nigel Farage impression.Today he showed us his latest version of the tribute act, setting out the government’s plans for migration in a speech which claimed that immigration risks turning this country into an “island of strangers.”What an insult to all those who over the years have chosen to make this country their home. People who have brought skills, talent and passion; who have spent years working long shifts in our hospital corridors or picking the produce that lines our supermarket shelves; who have become our colleagues, our neighbours, and our friends.But what an insult, too, to those of us born in the UK who count migrants as valued members of our communities – and who can see that every day the government spends pursuing a fear-driven anti-migrant agenda is a day lost in making the changes this country desperately needs.
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