"You can learn a great deal about a government by who it chooses to fight. In the 16 months since this shambolic, soulless rabble were handed power by Tory collapse, they have trained their fire on pensioners and disabled people. Their latest target: refugees fleeing violence and persecution. In time-honoured fashion, a desperately unpopular government lacking answers to the country's multiplying problems opts to kick asylum seekers."
"No 10 is plainly in a panic. Barely one in 10 voters are satisfied with its performance a figure comparable to the proportion of the public who believe the moon landings were staged. The government has no moral compass, but some of its remaining supporters do. Where, exactly, is their red line? They surely did not vote for Labour expecting a refugee policy so extreme that one Reform MP offered the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, an application form to switch parties."
"There were more than twice as many asylum claims in Germany last year, and about 1.5 times as many in Italy, Spain and France. Detected irregular arrivals are significantly higher in all of these countries excepting France, which does not publish figures. Adjust for population, and the UK sits 17th on the table of its former EU partners for asylum applications."
A recently empowered government has targeted pensioners, disabled people and refugees while lacking solutions to mounting national problems. Public satisfaction is extremely low, with barely one in ten voters satisfied. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has made false claims that the UK is Europe's destination of choice for asylum seekers. Actual figures show more asylum claims in Germany and higher detected irregular arrivals in Italy, Spain and Germany; the UK ranks 17th per capita among former EU partners for asylum applications. Political opportunism and deceit are fueling public fury and enabling extreme immigration stances that attract far-right support.
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