Now the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has normalised discussion about immigration, the issues can be openly discussed. In a recent speech, Starmer warned of Britain becoming an island of strangers.
Back in the 1960's prominent Conservative politician, Enoch Powell made his Rivers of Blood speech about issues related to immigration. He has been pilloried for that speech, and was effectively cancelled from polite society, so will the same happen to Starmer?
The question does need to be asked.
From Enoch Powell's speech (bold added): But while, to the immigrant, entry to this country was admission to privileges and opportunities eagerly sought, the impact upon the existing population was very different. For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
From Keir Starmer (bold added): ...these rules become even more important. Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.
While the two speeches differ, they are materially the same in that they call for national unity, and both tend to 'other' outsiders or those who come from elsewhere. What do you think?
Here's an interesting response published on the LBC website: Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ immigration warning is a xenophobic dog whistle
Another critique: https://theconversation.com/keir-starmers-immigration-plans-research-shows-you-dont-beat-the-far-right-by-becoming-them-256499
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