Badenoch has this morning slapped down Katie Lam for her comments in a Sunday Times interview in which the shadow minister suggested that Indefinite Leave to Remain would be stripped retroactively from migrants. This kicked off yesterday when the Tories backtracked on their previous private member’s Bill suggesting this was the case…
Badenoch said:
“No, we’re not being retrospective. When we put that amendment through, it was for a live Bill, so it wouldn’t have been retrospective. It was applied to a specific cohort… so she just stated it imprecisely.”
Lam’s position is more popular with Tories generally. Should probably work out what the policy is at some point…
Burnham spinning like a wheel in the Commons:
“I will very much say so on the record… It was legitimate. I have always respected the result. I have never questioned its legitimacy. But I am within my rights to point out where foreign actors are looking to interfere in British democracy.”