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Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels
The Standard ^ | August 24, 2025 | David Hughes

Posted on 08/24/2025 8:25:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over the small boats crisis after protests continued outside asylum hotels and a poll suggested voters thought he was failing to grip the problem.

The Prime Minister and his government have set out measures to speed up the asylum appeals system to aid the removal of people with no right to be in the UK.

But Labour former home secretary Lord Blunkett said the Government had so far failed to offer a “comprehensive answer or an understandable narrative” on tackling the crisis.

So far this year a record 28,076 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats, 46% more than in the same period in 2024.

Protests at sites housing asylum seekers continued over the weekend and the Government is braced for further legal fights over the use of hotels.

Lord Blunkett, who has suggested temporarily suspending elements of the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Refugee Convention to deal with the problem, said Sir Keir had to be “radical” in his approach.

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

The survey of 2,153 people carried out on August 20-21 found 37% of voters viewed immigration and asylum as the most important issue facing the country, ahead of 25% who said the economy and 7% who said the health service.

Lord Blunkett told the newspaper: “I think that the individual measures the Government has taken are extremely helpful in their own right but don’t add up either to a comprehensive answer or an understandable narrative.

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1 posted on 08/24/2025 8:25:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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ALL illegals need to go back to where they came from... don’t be fooled by the kind of idiot democrats we have here who only want the violent rapists and killers removed. ALL illegals need to leave. Here and in the UK>


2 posted on 08/24/2025 8:33:33 PM PDT by GOPJ (Superman joined ICE - - Lex Luthor drinks Bud light, drives a Jaguar and is a registered democrat)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“Rule Britannia. Britannia rules the waves.”

LOL.

3 posted on 08/24/2025 8:36:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The “Ghost Dance” Story Will Freak You Out pic.twitter.com/h9afCtJpYy— Tucker Carlson Network (@TCNetwork) August 22, 2025

Relevant. It makes sense on what's happening in the UK. But you can say the same thing about this country as well.

4 posted on 08/24/2025 8:45:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: GOPJ

What democrats want violent rapists and killers removed ?


5 posted on 08/24/2025 9:14:06 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: GOPJ

This chaos and crisis after crisis is intentional.

Western nations are being pulled up by the roots by the Marxists WEF Davos worshipers. They are all of one mind and free speech must be shutdown to keep the public from connecting the dots.

The USA has been surrounded. Macron, Starmer, Carney were all put into place to push back against the USA resisting their globalist plans.

Outside invaders are given more advantages and rights than citizens and to overwhelm the system to cause it to breakdown to “build back better.” USAID was flooding dollars to these NGOs enabling these lawless efforts.


6 posted on 08/24/2025 9:56:28 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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28,000? Sheesh that is one day in America in 2024.


7 posted on 08/25/2025 3:55:58 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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Dumkirk


8 posted on 08/25/2025 4:39:56 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sink a few and the rest will get the idea.


9 posted on 08/25/2025 4:48:50 AM PDT by montag813
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To: MinorityRepublican
Meanwhile...

Angela Rayner skewered in brutal GB News attack after buying third home Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is facing questions after she bought a seaside apartment on the South coast of England for more than £700,000

Deep State pays well.

10 posted on 08/25/2025 9:12:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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