While Labour implodes, the Greens are busy accusing the BBC of all places of contributing to a “hostile environment” for asylum seekers. A useful reminder that things can always get worse on the left…
Following the BBC’s investigation showing asylum lawyers are advising their clients to pretend to be gay to support their claims, the Greens said:
“We are disappointed the BBC failed to put this report in context, showing the challenges those genuinely claiming asylum face.
“When they give so much prominence to the report, stretching it out over multiple days of reporting, it ceases to be in the public interest and instead serves to heighten the hostile environment facing those claiming asylum.
“Of course, applications for people seeking asylum must operate under a proper legal framework, but this report gives an entirely false impression of a system that is, in reality, stacked against people.”
For those interested in works of horror fiction, read the Greens’ immigration proposals here…
“It wasn’t in our manifesto” is hardly a genius way of dodging the question…
Predictions for the next election are beginning to appear. It’s that time of the cycle…
Reform’s Robert Jenrick predicts a Labour-Green pact off the back of this morning’s devastating poll. Speaking to Sky News:
“I do think that British politics is shaping up to be a choice at the next general election between Nigel Farage and Reform on the one hand and a coalition of the left on the other. Keir Starmer or whoever replaces him in coalition with Zack Polanski and most people I think you know sensible, decent, hard working people watching this programme would not want to see that. If you think this government is chaotic and weak and harmful to the economy, just imagine what that would be like.”
Don’t leave Ed Davey out of the mix…
YouGov’s latest poll with the Times and Sky News has the Greens ahead of Labour for the first time. With fieldwork on Sunday and Monday the pollster says the result is “obviously likely driven to a significant extent by the publicity from the Denton & Gorton by-election, as well as any impact it has from the Greens appearing a more viable option and less of a wasted vote.” Four points up…
This is the highest score obtained by Polanski’s party with YouGov. Labour and the Tories sitting jointly on only 16 points is a thing to behold…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”