Asylum seekers / immigration

A point that just doesn't get amplified enough...

The media frenzy is to whip up hatred against asylum seekers so they can keep their voters in line whilst they shaft the rest of us. 

Hence 'flood', torrents', 'invasion'.

The race card played every time.

The British State uses it time and time again....

Amazing that it's the Home Secretary doing it though

Not a good look at all and whilst it might play well to a hadful of racists ultimately it's going to be counterproductive

Another example of the moral bankruptcy of the Tories. Enough is enough

I am surprised

The Tories saw UKIP's policies and basically nicked them

What it means is the party has lurched to the right and vacated the centre ground

I don't see how that works as a strategy

The centre is where most voters reside

The only people who will respond to Braverman's dog whistle, far right tactics are old reactionaries who are dying off

Younger people have no tolerance for it and they are looking at the Tories with horror, as most moderates are too

It makes no sense, especially as the Labour market desperately needs more people. Why take years to process asylum applications? Whilst the asylum seekers are in limbo they cannot work and are costing the Govt money. Bonkers. Process the applications quick and get them working

By contrast, this article...
inews.co.uk/opinion/extreme-catholicism-is-pushing-the-conservative-party-ever-further-to-the-right-1583048
...suggests that it is extreme Catholicism that is pushing the Conservative Party ever further to the right


Jacob Rees-Mogg is the ultimate born and bred Catholic. His sons are named after Saints, he regularly votes against LGBT marriage, is staunchly anti-abortion and is so dedicated to the old rites that he broke lockdown rules to attend the only Tridentine (Latin) Mass in his diocese. Should we still remain in any doubt as to his apparent Divinity, there are regular Christmas and Easter tweets to remind us that He is Holy.

As an equally devout Tory, Rees-Mogg has also selflessly dedicated himself to a life of profiteering, which included using his company Somerset Capital to invest in a company which manufactured abortion pills. He advised that the company was based in Indonesia, however, and followed Indonesian law, making it a “legitimate investment [because] the law in Indonesia would satisfy the Vatican”.

His recent response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s criticism of the plan to send refugees to Rwanda looks like typical Tory arrogance. Speaking on Radio 4 this weekend, Rees-Mogg said: “I think he misunderstands what the policy is trying to achieve, and that it isn’t an abandonment of responsibility, it is in fact a taking on of a very difficult responsibility.”

Rees-Mogg, along with MPs Tom Hunt and Priti Patel (who also challenged the Archbishop), are all proponents of a new, hard-right brand of Conservatism with its roots in extreme Catholicism and a singular target in so-called “woke” culture.

Both Rees-Mogg and Patel showed early support for Turning Point UK (TPUK), the far right, Christian student organisation which attempted to instigate a “war on woke” across UK university campuses. Patel has made her feelings clear in a number of ways, including measures which ensured critics of the Government were not invited to Parliament and her continued pushback against the Black Lives Matter protests. Hunt has limited involvement with the Church, but is a member of the Common Sense Group, whose manifesto gets a full house on your “war on woke” bingo card.

Lacking an actual crusade to get behind (and having already demonised Islam), it appears they have opted instead to declare war on progressivism. While even the Pope has softened his stance on LGBT marriage, Rees-Mogg and co appear determined to keep the UK in a state of Old Testament pearl-clutching horror.

The Common Sense Group (CSG) is chaired by Sir John Hayes, a Conservative MP and staunch anti-abortionist, who wrote in CSG’s manifesto that a culture war was “vital to a national rebirth”. Taking a stance which would see Hate Speech laws repealed, immigration capped at 100,000 (for reasons they do not provide) and the BBC broken up, CSG have more in common with far right political wannabes Patriotic Alternative than Conservative voters.

Hayes is also on the board of the Orthodox Conservative Group (OCG). Formed from the leftovers of Turning Point, the OCG are, as a recent investigation showed, equally dedicated to removing wokeness from politics, returning corporal punishment to schools and ensuring statues are safer than those fleeing political persecution. Many of them see Rees-Mogg as aspirational and have suggested via the “Moggmentum” campaign that he would make a good Prime Minister.

Traditional Catholicism features heavily in both groups, and at least one member of OCG supports the Society of St Pius X (SSPX), a Catholic splinter group whose far right leanings are well-documented. As with Rees-Mogg’s preferred church, they only celebrate the Mass in Latin. They have also been noted as a hotbed of anti-semitism by both SPLC and ADL and have a blog which contains such delights as “Glorifying Homosexuality is a Sign of Society’s End”.

Rest here:
inews.co.uk/opinion/extreme-catholicism-is-pushing-the-conservative-party-ever-further-to-the-right-1583048

Patel and Braverman are utter utter scum.


www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/25/priti-patel-kept-up-anti-lawyer-rhetoric-after-met-warning-on-terror

The DUP are fire and brimstone religious bigots and they are right wing politically and economically

Modern day Sinn Fein, who contain a 'Catholic' but less so membership, are a progressive, left wing secular modern day party. 

SF have moved beyond both the militarism of the IRA and De Valera's Catholic Ireland.

Whether you like it or not the most notable architects of this were Adams and McGuinness although along the way they've had some significant comrades ie the likes of Sheena Campbell to name but one.