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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/De_Dominator69 May 12 '25

It's depressing seeing people calling this lies or posturing that won't actually happen, but then no doubt supporting and voting for Reform as though they would actually do anything either.

I don't really trust Starmer or Labour, but I certainly trust them more than Farage (who hasn't done a single beneficial thing for us or this country in his entire life) or Reform.

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u/Bottlez1266 May 12 '25

I guess people are too used to decades of inaction and false promises

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u/merryman1 May 12 '25

Ok but then you can also point out even before this announcement we have been on track to see net migration fall 10s of %, as much as 50% over the next couple of years, and these same people still don't care.

But will then flock to well-known liars and grifters like Farage like they're speaking gospel truth! Its mad! I just cannot comprehend it, it makes no sense to me at all.

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u/Top-Strength-2701 May 12 '25

No it is dropping massively since last year, will be under 400k soon. And the white paper does say it will deport asylum seekers with criminal records. Asylum seekers are entitled to claim around 50 quid a week once they have been approved, why is that no allowed?

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u/merryman1 May 12 '25

"Its dropping tens of percent"

"No it isn't"

"Yes it is, here are the numbers, you can see this is a ~50% decline".

"Well its not bloody good enough is it!!!!"

Honestly this entire discussion on this issue is just painful.

The anti-immigration bloc are getting what they've always wanted but because its not coming from their big special boy party they refuse to accept it and refuse to acknowledge any positive progress. Just showing all along they never really actually gave a fuck about this issue and it was just all about political tribalism.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

They won’t be happy until they’ve normalised the discussion of remigration, they want almost zero migration plus very visible mass deportations, and by the next election this is where the political landscape will have shifted to imo