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I will reiterate my own opinion that having concerns about immigration is not racist or xenophobic, necessarily. I don’t think the pressures on the system are insurmountable myself, but realise others think otherwise, and don’t think that’s an inherently racist or xenophobic argument. I understand the need to deal with people traffickers and that not everyone who comes over via boats or otherwise is an honest asylum seeker. Deterring people from crossing the Channel like this is as important for their lives as much as anything. However, I think that the government’s means of controlling it will worsen it and is truly pathetic. The reason why hotels are becoming more booked up with people claiming asylum (rightly or wrongly) is due to a slowdown in the processing, which their woeful solutions won’t address.
I do not think Tory ministers are necessarily doing it from the goodness of their own hearts, as they laughably claim. This issue needs careful consideration which can address public concerns, as well as the human beings who are coming over. I do not think Tory MPs who have outright lied about this, such as Braverman yesterday claiming legitimate asylum seekers can find another route (there isn’t another route, and these Tories are not interested in setting up such for asylum seekers), are being honest or moral. I think they are trying to use simplistic rhetoric to sure up support and are putting this above finding meaningful solutions.
Of course I have committed the cardinal sin of implying that some Tories are not darlings, so I must be some judgmental bigot. Well, I have railed against the worse of the left too, so I can sleep well in that I try my best to give a fair assessment of character and I am not obliged to think positively of people if I find their actions to be immoral. Evidently the real evil is hurting feelings of Tories by saying that some of them have bad traits, when I know not all or most are, and I need to learn compassion by not caring about the best outcome for all and seeing inhumane policy as wrong.
