Sir Keir Starmer’s response to the riots showed he is “deaf” to public concerns over immigration, Boris Johnson has said in his first intervention since the unrest. The Telegraph has more.
The former Prime Minister claimed Sir Keir had failed to understand the root causes of unrest across Britain after the killing of three young girls in Southport last week.
Sir Keir has described the protests as “far-Right thuggery” and insisted all those who took part in rioting will face the “full force of the law”.
In his weekly Daily Mail column, Mr. Johnson noted Sir Keir killed off the Rwanda deportation plan, which the former Prime Minister drew up on the first day of his premiership.
He also condemned his decision to close the Bibby Stockholm barge, which housed 400 asylum seekers and was intended to reduce the cost of housing migrants in hotels.
Mr. Johnson said: “Whatever you may have intended by all this, you gave the clear impression of a man who has no plan to stop illegal immigration, because he simply doesn’t care.
“Nothing excuses the behaviour of the rioters, and they deserve to be banged up.
“But nothing excuses a Government that seems deaf to public concerns, and that suggests, moreover, that they actively dislike all members of the public who share those concerns.” …
He suggested Sir Keir should proceed with a reported family holiday because his leadership had made “no difference” to the response to the riots other than to make it “marginally worse”.
Worth reading in full.
Bit rich for the architect of the reforms that brought us the recent eye-watering levels of immigration to criticise Labour on the issue. But consistency was never BoJo’s strong suit.
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