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…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”