Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terror legislation, has said increased migration has damaged Britain’s national security. Does Starmer think he’s “whipping up division” as well?
Asked on Sky News: “Do you think increased immigration has negatively affected national security?” Hall said:
“Yes, if I’m candid, I do when I’m talking about the the the large waves that have come over. I mean, bear in mind, I’m looking at it from the national security perspective. I’m not trying to speak about the economic impact. I mean I’m not an economist but I mean there is a risk that if people come into the country who you don’t want to come in who’ve got these sorts of traumas who may be connected to foreign states or terrorist organisations or you simply don’t know anything about there’s of course there is there is a risk because those people may not have any allegiance to the UK or may be coming in bringing in um ideology or experiences that that that um aren’t aren’t good to have. So, I think the answer must be yes.”
Hall added: “I suppose there are lots of potential policy solutions to this. Looking at who you want to welcome in and who you want to take extra efforts to try and deter or keep away from. That policy solution area goes way outside my remit.”
He also refuted the suggestion by the Sky News presenter that there was speculation around the Belfast attack as to whether it was a terror incident: “My impression is that the public weren’t really wondering whether or not it was terrorism to any great degree.” He said the public have now priced in non-ideological violence and random killings…
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.”