13 h. ago Diane Abbott says Starmer speech on Britain becoming 'island of strangers' is 'fundamentally racist'

Announcing his immigration white paper last  month, the Prime Minister said his new strategy would 'finally take back control of our borders and close the book on a squalid chapter'.

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4 d. ago Love Island Sophie Lee's previous ITV show appearance revealed as she joins 2025 line

Love Island 2025 star Sophie Lee is no stranger to the small screen and has previously appeared on an ITV breakfast show Lorraine to promote her empowering book In My Skin following her accident

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1 week ago I did a road journey in England avoiding motorways – and discovered a whole new country | Adrian Chiles

Aston Clinton, Weedon, Maids Moreton – motorways bypass so many fascinating places. Maybe it is this that makes us an island of strangersI learned a lot driving to Hinckley in Leicestershire. I had some work there. That’s showbiz, folks. I didn’t do the journey as I’d normally do it – eyeballs out, gripping the steering wheel, fixating on the satnav ETA, on some motorway or other. If I’d done it that way, it would have taken less than two hours. For a change, I decided to take my time. And this change was as good as a rest. You’re unlikely to find London to Hinckley in any coffee table book about the World’s Best Road Trips, but this little odyssey lifted my spirits no end.It helped that I was on my motorbike. Wherever I’m going, I find motorcycling the shortest route to serenity. I think it’s partly an ADHD thing, with the relief that total absorption affords me. On a motorbike you have to be absorbed – hyper-focused, in fact – because your life is on the line. And while there’s ro...

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2 w. ago 'Keir Starmer has got it wrong – here's why we're not an island of strangers'

Real Britain reports on All Souls church, which closed in 1986, became a magnet for anti-social behaviour, until community worker Inayat Omarji decided to try to do something about it

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2 w. ago Jeremy Corbyn criticises Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech at festival

Speaking at the Wide Awake Festival, Mr Corbyn described the Prime Minister’s remarks as ‘nonsense’.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer told small boats crisis 'should be his priority this summer'

In the week Starmer launched his immigration crackdown, Mirror readers overwhelming said they want the Prime Minister to focus on the small boats crisis this summer

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2 w. ago Net migration data due after Starmer’s warning on ‘island of strangers’

The Office for National Statistics will give its first estimate of net migration for the 12 months to December 2024.

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2 w. ago Poll results: 'Keir Starmer is just copying Reform with his immigration crackdown'

Keir Starmer's tough new immigration crackdown has sparked fierce debate, with supporters praising his stance and critics accusing him of copying rival Reform. Here's what Mirror readers made of it all.

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2 w. ago Almost HALF of Britons sometimes feel like they're living in Keir Starmer's 'island of strangers'

A shock report has revealed plummeting social cohesion across the country, with half of those questioned saying they felt disconnected from society.

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2 w. ago A Labour lost in the weeds can’t rebuild this country. Starmer must regain his nerve | John Harris

Labour has good ideas and years left to change Britain. Why is it acting as if its time is almost up? Just under a week on from Keir Starmer’s latest pronouncements about immigration, plenty of people on his own side are still gripped by a queasy sense of fury and disappointment, and it shows no signs of fading away. His aides and allies will now try to gladden left-liberal hearts by emphasising gains from Monday’s UK-EU summit, and the prime minister’s remodelling of Brexit. But the acrid cloud hanging over Starmer will surely remain, and with good reason.Whatever the surrounding context – and whether or not he was consciously echoing Enoch Powell – his suggestion that Britain risked becoming an “island of strangers” still sounded like a horribly calculated provocation. The insistence that the government was set on closing “a squalid chapter for our politics, our economy, and our country” was even more brazen. So was the suggestion after years of “a one-nation experiment in open bo...

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3 w. ago 'Dumbest of dumb politics' Nicola Sturgeon blasts Prime Minister's immigration speech

The former First Minister waded in after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK risked becoming an 'island of strangers' if immigration curbs were not implemented.

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3 w. ago Senior faith leaders urge Starmer to tone down migration rhetoric

Exclusive: Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives write to prime minister after ‘island of strangers’ speechUK politics live – latest updatesMore than a dozen bishops and other senior Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders have written to the prime minister after his “island of strangers” speech, urging him to use a more “compassionate narrative” about migrants.The letter was sent to Keir Starmer after his speech on Monday, which preceded the publication of the government’s immigration white paper that has been widely criticised by migrant rights organisations and civil society groups. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago PMQs: Starmer tells senior MP she's 'talking rubbish' in angry clash over his 'island of strangers' immigration claim

PM snapped back at Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts as she tried to call out his controversial language

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3 w. ago Starmer mocked by Farage for ‘learning a great deal’ from Reform UK after immigration backlash

It came after furious backlash to the prime minister's claim that the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’

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3 w. ago PMQs: Starmer clashes angrily with senior MP who calls out his 'island of strangers' immigration claim

The Prime Minister has been hit with a backlash including from London MPs for his controversial language

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3 w. ago Defiant Starmer swipes that critics of his 'island of strangers' immigration crackdown are 'talking rubbish' as Labour backlash mounts... despite poll suggesting Brits agree

Keir Starmer gave short shrift to a rebuke over the his policy shift as he took PMQs this lunchtime.

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3 w. ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after immigration crackdown backlash

Watch live as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (14 May), as he continues to face criticism for his “island of stranger speech”.

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3 w. ago PMQs: Nigel Farage to grill Keir Starmer as No10 forced to deny 'island of strangers' echoes of Enoch Powell

The Prime Minister has been hit with a backlash including from London MPs for his controversial language

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3 w. ago Starmer warned he faces 'mother of all rebellions' as Labour unrest mounts on immigration and benefits

Keir Starmer is braced for a stormy PMQs session as his MPs openly demand he shifts position on the crucial policies.

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3 w. ago UK politics live: Starmer ‘island of strangers’ row way overblown, senior minister claims

PM has faced backlash for the language he used in the speech setting out plans to crack down on legal migration

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