3 h. 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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4 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer faces Badenoch after No10 denies immigration speech echoes Enoch Powell

Prime minister facing backlash from members of his own party after immigration speech

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5 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer to face Badenoch at PMQs after No10 denies immigration speech echoes Enoch Powell

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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6 h. 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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6 h. ago Backlash to Starmer’s immigration speech ‘overblown’ – minister

Sir Keir’s comments have been likened to Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘rivers of blood’ speech.

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7 h. ago Farage to grill Starmer at PMQs 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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15 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Multiculturalism has done far more to fan racial tensions than Enoch Powell ever did

Who was Enoch Powell? With his evocative name again electrifying headlines, this basic question needs examining.

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22 h. ago No 10 defends Starmer’s language on immigration likened to Enoch Powell speech

Downing Street says it is wrong to compare PM’s warning about ‘island of strangers’ to 1968 ‘rivers of blood’ speechDowning Street has robustly defended Keir Starmer’s language on immigration, which has been likened to that used by Enoch Powell, rejecting the direct comparison but saying the prime minister would not “shy away” from direct talk about the subject.A series of MPs criticised Starmer for his rhetoric when introducing a new policy paper on immigration on Monday, particularly his warning that the UK risked becoming “an island of strangers”, a near-direct echo of language used by Powell in his infamous 1968 “rivers of blood” speech. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Why is Keir Starmer's speech being compared to Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech?

What are the similarities?

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25 h. ago Starmer rejects Enoch Powell parallel after ‘island of strangers’ speech

Labour critics express concern about ‘chasing the tail of the right’ after migration announcement

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26 h. ago Starmer doubles down on ‘island of strangers’ immigration row amid growing Labour revolt

Downing Street has rejected comparisons to former rightwing Tory MP Enoch Powell and insisted the prime minister will ‘not shy away’ from the issue of immigration

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27 h. ago Starmer ‘completely rejects’ claims he echoed Enoch Powell in migration speech

The Prime Minister warned the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’ if migration controls were not tightened.

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27 h. ago Keir Starmer doubles down on 'island of strangers' remark after Enoch Powell comparison

Keir Starmer's official spokesman said the PM rejects comparisons between his migration speech and Enoch Powell's notorious 'rivers of blood' speech after fierce criticism

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29 h. ago Home secretary grilled over Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ immigration remark

Yvette Cooper refused four times on Tuesday to repeat Sir Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” warning about the risks of sky-high migration into the UK.

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29 h. ago Yvette Cooper hits back at comparisons between Starmer speech and Enoch Powell

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was not right to make comparisons between Keir Starmer's remarks and Enoch Powell's racist 'river of blood speech' in an exchange with the BBC's Nick Robinson

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30 h. ago 'Britain is already an island of strangers': Tory Robert Jenrick echoes Keir Starmer's hardline migrant speech

The shadow justice minister also hit out at so-called 'white flight' in a series of interviews after Labour unveiled new plans to control immigration.

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31 h. ago Cooper defends Starmer as migration speech likened to ‘rivers of blood’ language

The Home Secretary insisted the tone of the Prime Minister’s migration plan was ‘completely different’ from Enoch Powell’s 1968 anti-migration speech.

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40 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Shame on Keir Starmer for appearing to legitimise Enoch Powell's words'

The Prime Minister's use of terms such as 'our country' and 'island of strangers' sent the name Enoch Powell trending on social media, writes Darren Lewis

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44 h. ago Keir Starmer backlash after 'island of strangers' migrant speech

Keir Starmer has been accused of 'shameful and dangerous' language, with suspended Labour MP John McDonnell claiming it 'reflects the language' of Enoch Powell's notoriously racist 'rivers of blood' speech

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44 h. ago Starmer defends plans to curb net migration after backlash from MPs

Prime minister’s ‘island of strangers’ speech was likened to rhetoric of Enoch PowellKeir Starmer has defended his plans to curb net migration after an angry backlash from MPs, businesses and industry to a speech in which he said the UK risked becoming an “island of strangers” without tough new policies.The rhetoric was likened by some critics to the language of Enoch Powell, and the prime minister was accused of pandering to the populist right by insisting he intended to “take back control of our borders” and end a “squalid chapter” of rising inward migration. Continue reading...

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