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Starmer’s plan to stop the boats might not be what it seems

16 July 2024

8:33 PM

16 July 2024

8:33 PM

It comes as a relief to learn that Keir Starmer doesn’t really believe setting up a new security organisation to ‘smash the gangs’ will stop illegal immigration in small boats.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper goes around parroting the phrase as if saying it and doing it were the very same thing.

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