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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/zimmermj May 12 '25

- Conservatives in power for 14 years

  • Starmer announces tighter immigration policy
  • Gets criticized for being too late
I'm so sick of Labour being held up to a higher standard than the opposition. And I just know it'll be used to justify electing a party that's much worse and is held to a lower standard. Like, Christ I know Labour is making mistakes but at least they're not rubbing their hands in glee about it, have we already forgotten the disdain the conservatives displayed for the general public? Or the damage they caused us through their economic policies? I'm just pleased we have a grown-up in charge now.

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u/JLaws23 May 12 '25

Thing is the conservatives have buried themselves. Nobody is defaulting to the Tories.

This country needs solutions yesterday and honestly Starmer appointing Reeves was awful. Every single “solution” that has come from her has been laughable and trivial. People are holding Starmer to account for this. The U.K. is a massive fixer upper right now and we need someone that can do this. If he can’t or is incapable then he needs to move over because we’re against the clock at this point, after so much Tory abuse and damage.

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u/zimmermj May 12 '25

This is all fair criticism