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Seven in ten say Keir Starmer is handling migration badly
The Sunday Times ^ | Sunday August 24 2025 | Steven Swinford

Posted on 08/24/2025 1:17:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from Labour grandees and ministers to take a more radical approach to the small boats crisis amid mounting public concern about the government’s handling of the issue.

A YouGov poll for The Times found that 71 per cent of voters believe that the prime minister is handling the asylum hotel issue badly, including 56 per cent of Labour voters.

Nearly four in ten voters (37 per cent) said that immigration and asylum was the most important issue facing the country, compared with 25 per cent who said it was the economy and 7 per cent health.

In a bid to address concerns, Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, this weekend announced plans to overhaul the asylum appeal system to deport asylum seekers faster.

The government will also begin placing adverts in France highlighting a new “one in, one out” treaty, which will send small boat migrants back to France in exchange for individuals who have the right to come to the UK.

Lord Blunkett, a former Labour home secretary, said the government needed to take more “radical” action and suggested it was failing to “grip” the issue. He called for the government to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Refugee Convention to help deal with the issue while bringing in a digital national identity scheme.

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1 posted on 08/24/2025 1:17:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So...three in ten voters have more relatives waiting in Pakistan who haven’t gotten in yet.


2 posted on 08/24/2025 1:19:20 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: MinorityRepublican

The other 3 in 10 are muslim immigrants.


3 posted on 08/24/2025 1:20:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The remaining three in ten are Muzzies. And, therefore, one knows exactly what should be done about them and to them.


4 posted on 08/24/2025 1:29:38 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MinorityRepublican

When you don’t defend your daughters…and sons….you have already lost.

This is conquest.


5 posted on 08/24/2025 1:31:27 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: Mr. Jeeves

If the polling is accurate, the three in ten are likely public sector.


6 posted on 08/24/2025 1:33:53 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m sure Trump would send him a copy of his “close the border”
Playbook, at no charge


7 posted on 08/24/2025 1:34:42 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: MtnClimber

...and the 7 will soon be arrested for expressing their opinions.


8 posted on 08/24/2025 1:40:32 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: combat_boots
And this is what happens when ‘’the conquered follow the conqueror back home’’.
9 posted on 08/24/2025 1:50:02 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: j.havenfarm

“I’m sure Trump would send him a copy of his “close the border”
Playbook, at no charge”
Starmer is using Obama’s playbook.
https://www.businessinsider.com/keir-starmer-mentored-barack-obama-uk-election-new-prime-minister-2024-7?op=1


10 posted on 08/24/2025 2:00:47 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: MinorityRepublican

If there are 3 in 10 who think he is doing a good job on immigration the UK is finished.


11 posted on 08/24/2025 2:06:28 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Starmer is the Karen Bass of the UK. He can’t handle anything. They’re lucky they don’t have wildfires. Else they wpuld all be living in tents.


12 posted on 08/24/2025 3:51:08 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: MinorityRepublican

Labour will just assume not enough third world turds are not being dumped on the natives.


13 posted on 08/24/2025 6:01:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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