‘Labour cannot shirk its duty to torture survivors by offshoring asylum claims’
We were all heartened when Sir Keir Starmer announced Labour would end the cruel ‘cash for humans’ scheme…
Illegal migration bill
‘To rebuild trust, Labour’s asylum policy must combine control and compassion’
Immigration had played particularly well in the tabloid press and had “more potential to hurt”. That was Andrew…
‘Dangerous Channel crossings must end. Unlike the Tories, Labour has a real plan’
The illegal migration bill has now gained royal assent. Make no mistake, it is a con. The Labour…
‘We know what the public thinks about foreign policy. We just might not like it’
The annual survey of British attitudes to foreign policy issues was published on 19th July. Previous versions have…
‘Labour needs a positive alternative to Tory scaremongering over immigration’
If Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats‘ slogan or the latest anti-migration manifesto from the ‘New Conservatives‘…
Illegal migration bill passes second reading in House of Lords
The illegal migration bill has passed its second reading in the Lords, following strong criticism from peers including…
Labour tries its hand at progressive culture war with anti-misogyny push
Labour has announced that if the party comes into government, it will make spiking a crime. Spiking is…
The illegal migration bill is a backwards step in efforts to tackle modern slavery
For many months, the government has conflated tackling modern slavery with issues of people-smuggling and immigration. Some of…
Cooper: Tory plan to house migrants in military sites an “admission of failure”
Yvette Cooper has declared that the government’s announcement of plans to house asylum seekers in military sites as…
Labour’s messaging on migration echoes that of the right. It must change course
The government’s illegal migration bill continues to be debated in parliament. While Labour frontbenchers pointed out some of…
