Starmer’s 200,000 Person Small Boats Failure — as Reform Targets Green Constituencies with Detention Centres

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Julia Hartley-Brewer discusses the challenges facing Keir Starmer and the Labour party regarding migration and public order with guests Tom Slater and Trevor Kavanagh.

Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure on borders, crime and national security as small boat arrivals over the Channel head towards 200,000 since the crisis began. Only a fraction have been removed from Britain. Julia Hartley-Brewer is joined by Spiked Online editor Tom Slater to take on the biggest stories shaking Westminster: alleged Iranian attempts to destabilise Britain, rising antisemitism on UK streets, the failure to proscribe the IRGC, and growing anger over “two-tier policing” at protests and football fixtures. As Labour battles a collapse in support among Muslim voters and the Greens surge in some inner-city areas, Julia asks whether Starmer’s party has lost control of the debate on Gaza, antisemitism and public order. Also: Reform UK’s proposal to build migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas — and deport hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants. Is it serious policy, political theatre, or a brutal challenge to the open-borders Left? Former Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh joins Julia to react to the small boats milestone, the scale of illegal migration, and whether any government can regain control of Britain’s borders. Plus: Kemi Badenoch’s pitch on…

People in this episode

Host: Julia Hartley-Brewer

Guests: Tom Slater, Trevor Kavanagh

Topics covered

• small boats crisis
• migration policy
• political commentary
• Labour party challenges
• antisemitism
• public order
• policing

Keywords

• Keir Starmer
• small boats
• migration
• antisemitism
• Reform UK
• Labour party
• policing
• political commentary
• Gaza

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Reform UK, Spiked Online, IRGC

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