Damn, I would’ve expected this kind of rhetoric from “ReformUK” or one of the other alt-right parties, but to hear this from someone meant to be representing labour is horrid.
Such little empathy towards these people fleeing the horrors of their home countries - deport people like her to Rwanda then see how they feel about what they’re advocating for.
Edit: Also, glad to see a new alternative frontend for Xwitter since Nitter got nuked out of existence.
Highlighting that our asylum system is broken and really needs sorting out so we don’t need to use hotels to house asylum seekers is not pandering to the far-right.
You can do that without saying that the local hotel has been taken away from locals by asylum seekers, and that it needs to be ‘given back’. The rhetoric is clearly inflammatory.
Here’s Sarah Edwards, Labour MP for Tamworth, standing up in Parliament to say “residents want their hotel back”.
She should lose the whip for that.
Damn, I would’ve expected this kind of rhetoric from “ReformUK” or one of the other alt-right parties, but to hear this from someone meant to be representing labour is horrid. Such little empathy towards these people fleeing the horrors of their home countries - deport people like her to Rwanda then see how they feel about what they’re advocating for.
Edit: Also, glad to see a new alternative frontend for Xwitter since Nitter got nuked out of existence.
She’s representing her constituents. You know, like an MP is supposed to.
The hotel was set on fire last night, can you not see how pandering to far-right constituents can be dangerous?
Highlighting that our asylum system is broken and really needs sorting out so we don’t need to use hotels to house asylum seekers is not pandering to the far-right.
It’s actually Labour policy.
You can do that without saying that the local hotel has been taken away from locals by asylum seekers, and that it needs to be ‘given back’. The rhetoric is clearly inflammatory.
Thank you for finally showing me how to see stupid fuckin Twitter without an account. I hate when important stuff is on there.