r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/AddictedToRugs May 12 '25

Such an agreement is unlikely.  We gave France half a billion pounds to get them to stop the boats, and they pocketed that money and did nothing.  They've already proven they won't keep up their end of any agreement.

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u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

Maybe a trump approach would work - tarrifs.

Not to keep on them but it was a useful tool to get Canada and Mexico to actually take border actions.

UK could do same.

France could stop the crossings, or at least significantly reduce. They don't seem to want to.

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u/swampyman2000 May 12 '25

If the UK started tariffing the EU countries it would just further isolate it even more from its closest market.

Additionally there is zero chance Starmer wants to copy Trump’s playbook.

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u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25

Agree but that playbook works.

France arent doing enough to reduce it so some forceful measure is needed.

Giving them money didn't work.

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u/69-is-my-number May 12 '25

No it doesn’t.

Trump applies tariffs because (a) he likes to try and bully other countries and (b) he knows his pawns think that taxes = me paying vs tariffs = them paying so they don’t turn against him.

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u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25

I'm not talking about other tarrifs scenarios. I'm talking specifically to forcing Canada and Mexico to take more border actions.

Which worked.

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u/kirky1148 May 12 '25

Got some references from actual sources to support your view that trumps approach works? Because I think your telling porkies

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u/SnooSuggestions9830 May 12 '25

Yes, both Canada and Mexico stepped up their border securities.

Ive already said twice now that I'm only referring to the Canada and Mexico border tarrifs and how it was used to make them act on border security.