Mailwatch(ed) Forum

That "rights of illegal immigrants above rights of British people" narrative appears to have taken hold. It was a headline in the Mail and on GBNews yesterday. Some people are even using it as a direct quote from either Cooper or the government lawyers. I've searched through the details of the case and there is nothing even approaching that being made as a point.
My bet is that the popular memory will install it as something that Cooper said before, during or after the case.

Rights come into conflict all the time. In this case, the right to freedom of assembly and expression is meeting the right to live without fear. If one can be redirected, so that both may be exercised, that's what will happen.

What's the right here exactly? The right to be accommodated while claiming asylum? That was a right when Kemi was in Government, wasn't it? Had they not stopped processing, it would have been a much less expensive "right" too.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 29, 2025 4:04 pm The Government (and hotel owner) has won its appeal on the "Epping Asylum Hotel". The response from Kemi is as breathtaking as you would expect.

Badenoch claims Starmer 'puts rights of illegal immigrants above rights of British people' in strongly worded statement after judgment

The Government there, clearing up her mess, and winning in court. And they aren't illegal immigrants anyway.

Badenoch going full MAGA, failing to realise they'll never love her like they love Ashli Babbitt.

On this side of the Atlantic, the presentation comes across closer to somebody who necked her second 3l super cider before midday.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 29, 2025 4:45 pm What's the right here exactly? The right to be accommodated while claiming asylum? That was a right when Kemi was in Government, wasn't it? Had they not stopped processing, it would have been a much less expensive "right" too.

INdeed, a "crisis" entirely of the Tory government's making.

Mind you, a lot of Rightist rhetoric seems to follow that broken logic:

I royally fucked this up, therefore I;'m the only one with a solution.

Does anyone ever hear from her apart from rubbish like this? There doesn't seem to be any sort of positive challenge to the government. Wouldn't you expect the party of business to talk sometimes about some area of the economy where opportunities for growth aren't being grasped? Some tax that could be reformed? What's the health policy? The transport policy? The trade policy (apart from "Labour's negotiated and we've lost")?