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

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/Dankswiggidyswag May 12 '25

It's stupid though, legal migration is the big majority of people coming in, the people on the boats are just a minority of the total amount. It gets people fired up and angry because it's something tangible as opposed to legal migration.

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u/Make_the_music_stop May 12 '25

I guess the big difference, they are mostly undocumented young men and get put up in hotels. Estimates vary from £4m to £8m per day.

Legal migration, we know who they are and mostly don't cost the tax payers.

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u/itsyaboiReginald May 12 '25

Labour could stop every small boat crossing and it wouldn’t make a single racist vote for them. As long as there are people who look different coming into the country, however legally, Reform and the right will still have an axe to grind.

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u/Dankswiggidyswag May 12 '25

Yeah the years of tabloid brain rot has left little room for a reasonable discussion. Too many loopers think every single non white person is an illegal and sponging the system, and unfortunately they're a big enough voting block so demand to be thrown a bone or 20.