The question of 'what would you do?' hangs heavy over the Opposition
Anne McElvoy: ‘Choosing the wrong arguments could give Keir Starmer a shaky start on the subject of Labour’s readiness to control immigration’
Tellingly, in the Commons debate on Monday, Labour ceded ground fairly fast on a series of amendments to the bill, using “ladder to climb down” tactics of tabling objections only to withdraw them,Morally, this is threadbare. Politically, it is a sign that Labour leader Keir Starmer no longer wants to expend political capital on preventing this legislation from going forward. As one Labour MP who opposes the move puts it wryly: “Done and dusted by midnight.
The question of “what would you do?” – when numbers this year alone have topped 6,000 attempts to enter the country outside the asylum system – hangs heavy over the Opposition.
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