Labour’s slavish devotion to ECHR proves they will never fully clampdown on migration
Labour’s slavish devotion to ECHR proves they will never fully clampdown on migration
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HOME Secretary Yvette Cooper’s planned new legislation to stop lawyers coaching migrants is plain common sense. Legal advice for new arrivals straight off the boat should not be to make up false claims in order to prevent them being deported. Why should someone be encouraged to pretend they are gay so they can stay in Britain to avoid persecution back home?. Such unscrupulous advice is not legal. It’s criminal.
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But the new plans are a perfect example of how Labour pulls in two directions at the same time. While these policies were being put together, the Government’s top law officer was on his feet before the Council of Europe. Our EU-loving Attorney General Lord Hermer told Strasbourg that our Government “will never withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights or refuse to comply with judgments of the court.”.
It is precisely the rulings of this court which provide illegal migrants with the ammunition for their battles to stay in Britain. And yet the Attorney General promises we will never even challenge it. Yvette Cooper may be trying to root out dodgy lawyers with her clampdown. But Lord Hermer’s slavish devotion to the human rights brigade will be music to their ears. HAVING declared trade wars on China, Mexico and Canada, Donald Trump has the EU in his sights.
As we are not members of the bloc, we should be doing our best to stay out of that particular spat. Instead, we should be straining every sinew to strike our own trade deal with a booming US. But Sir Keir Starmer has chosen this moment to get chummy with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz before jetting off for a Brussels summit dinner. Surely this is not the time for the PM to be cosying up with the floundering EU?.
Whether or not Donald Trump’s tariffs succeed, no one can deny that he has injected new confidence into the US economy. American businesses know they have strong, clear-sighted financial policies in place for years to come. By contrast what do British businesses have to look forward to?. Flatlining finances burdened by loony eco policies that cost the earth, new employment rules that will hammer companies for employing staff, and crippling budget tax hikes to come in April.
