Going hard on stopping the boats will appeal to a group of people that matters to them - voters tempted by Reform, voters who maybe backed Boris Johnson in the Red Wall in 2019 and are now wavering.īut in order to do that… they've got to make progress on stopping the boats.Ī former minister has warned that the Conservatives will lose the next election if it fights on a platform of "unashamed NIMBYism". The party that defines the terms of the election, wins the election. Winning the next election is like trying to thread a needle with a shoelace.Īnd there are some Conservative strategists who think their only hope is to make the next election all about immigration. They know how difficult the electoral mountain is to climb… you only have to look at last week's by elections to see that. I'm not going to get into judgement calls, but what I did want to do is to emphasise just how important the government thinks immigration is as a political issue. whether it's a problem or not… whether the government's policy is humane or not. Now, I'm sure you'll have a view on immigration…everyone does.
I want to talk to you about immigration, because today the government has announced it will stop housing asylum seekers in 50 hotels by January.Ĭurrently they're spending £8m a day keeping asylum seekers in hotels after they arrive in the UK.
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