‘A bully’s tool’: Readers slam Labour’s ‘desperate’ immigration rhetoric

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Our community is dubious of Shabana Mahmood’s visa suspension plan – and accused Labour of pandering to Reform and ‘making threats like an empire’

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Independent readers are sceptical of Shabana Mahmood’s vow to suspend visas for countries that refuse to take back failed asylum seekers, with many warning the policy risks backfiring and harming the UK more than its targets.

‘A bully’s tool’: Readers slam Labour’s ‘desperate’ immigration rhetoric

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