I'm aghast that Labour would do this. Aghast. It's a despicable thing to have done.
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Colin Yeo
1. Quick 🧵 on the change to policy that, on the face of it, bans refugees from ever acquiring British citizenship. @sonial77.bsky.social has published a short article on Free Movement:
freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
And I've done a follow up on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
And I've done a follow up on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
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They've gone from explaining that there were no legal routes for most refugees to wanting to treat them as badly as the Tories
Not sure "we can be bastards too" will win the next election
Left/Centre needs a force the many can rely on
Corbyn defeat and nonsense. Ordinary folks want better lives and that will not happen by pandering to the right wing media or the rich refusing to pay a fair share of taxes:
By pandering to the right Labour further strengthens the Farages of this world and I don’t see a left
wing opposition forming as a counter to this…
Why?
WTF @teamlabouruk.bsky.social !!
You didn't get votes to become Reform!
Whether it's this, or climate change, or refusing to get closer to Europe, or a dozen other issues, they are alienating EVERYONE.
Labour are likely to lose, and lose badly. And they will deserve it.
"Any person applying for citizenship from 10 February 2025, who previously entered the UK illegally will normally be refused, regardless of the time that has passed since the illegal entry took place."
Still a bit controversial and debatable but nothing like what the headline suggests.
They have a stonking majority and could choose to do so much GOOD - what the hell has happened to their moral compass?
We can’t have Tories or Reform but Starmer?????????
The Labour party is a total disgrace
I’m so pleased I didn’t vote for you or this
Seriously starting to think they'll lose significant votes from their moderately liberal/progressive flank if this continues
Just this…
I voted Labour but I’m beginning to wonder who they are?
Winning against Farage by adopting his style is humiliating and wrong.
Be the Labour we need..
Who are Labour anymore 😥
😭
I really like my MP - but I really don’t think can vote for them - even though I know I should 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
It's almost as though Starmer (or McSweeney working him from behind) is looking around the world for good examples of Governments That Don't Give A Fuck for Labour to emulate.
They won’t
The will start taking away the British citizenship of people who have or have the right to the citizenship of other countries, such as dual UK / EU citizens, presented as a #Brexit red line.
Yes, it's despicable.
They're in the gutter with Reform and they won't win that one.
😢. And this isn't RW media...
Not sure what to say.. What are they playing at?
If they opened up safe and legal routes in parallel then fair enough, but they aren't.
Which brings us back round to media/ social media bias🤷
Like I say, the media & social media platforms are the problem. Labour can hopefully sort one, but the other needs people to act as well.
I'm not sure I see either happening.
You’re not eligible if you’ve broken the law,
you can’t apply unless you’ve arrived here,
and if you’ve arrived here it means you’ve broken the law.
I naively expected Labour to have maybe a month or 2 grace when they got in, but the press were attacking them from the off. I really want Labour to succeed, but christ they've got a tough job.
True again today.
I’m absolutely aghast too. I feel physically sick to my stomach.
Truly the Adults Back In The Room.
P.S. Have you pre-ordered “Sabotage!” by @alexnunns.bsky.social?
Unless I suppose they mean flying into Heathrow on a US airline.
Is this really what I voted for? I don't think so...
If he doesn't want UK citizens to be able to freely migrate, what suggests he thinks people from outside the UK should be able to migrate?
It's govt by Daily Mail.
This is a truly a despicable path to have taken.
Constantly you only hear about immigration, refugees, small boats instead of policies that actual impact people's life.
They're still targeting the same Brexit-supporting, immigrant-hating voters who swung in 2019.
It's like they had a plan to win the Labour leadership, and then another to win the election, but no idea what to do next except keep campaigning.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/29/red-wall-brexiters-hero-voters-election-partisan
>Permanent resident status on arrival for 1500 UNHCR refugees p.a.
>Others apply for perm rez when refugee status recognised
>Apply for Full citizenship after 5 years
- Refugee family support category to join family
It's not hard. No drama. No performative cruelty.
Might as well be Labour’s slogan now.
"Any person applying for citizenship from 10 February 2025, who previously entered the UK illegally will normally be refused, regardless of the time that has passed since the illegal entry took place."
🎣
It will lose Labour far more votes than it gains them from Reform.
Utter callous madness from the government .
Write with your disgusted to your Labour MP. We must let them know we do not support this change.
😡
Who is advising Labour? The optics are appalling.
What people are looking for in a leader like Trump or Our Nige is someone who'll not pander. 1/3
But it's got one huge longterm advantage over, say the Palestinian model (UNRWA). The refugees don't self-perpetuate, they naturalise!
Well, not in UK, apparently
It will piss people off to say it but, this is 1930s 🇩🇪 playing out in 2025: fucking cowards at the helm & bigot, fascist wannabes, saying anything that comes to their mind, never challenged!
The one thing I thought I could rely on was for him to obey the law
That disappeared just before the election, and doesnt appear in the manifesto
I'll never vote labour again if they do this.
Democracy is an illusion -
I’ve had it with the lot of them!