Holocaust survivor confronted Suella Braverman to say: your hateful language has consequences

[@veritysmart]

Not sure what is worse, her alarming response or the applause she gets afterwards?! This country is on a very steep slippery slope towards actual fascism.

[@alidee5448]

We're already there, it's just that the worst horrors have yet to manifest.

[@TL-tg7kh]

The clapping got to me! Why! That lady us part of their community.

[@veritysmart]

@@alidee5448 Sadly, I think your right.

[@Sheltie01]

We are in the midst of the fourth reich. I am glad I'm in Scotland, where there are still sensible things happening, but the extreme right is on the gain unfortunately

[@pollymath2010]

Stupid comment, do you even understand what fascism is?

[@vroniholzmann]

Just can't believe she is insisting on her fascist rhetoric to a holocaust survivor 😢

[@ince55ant]

why? these are the same group of society that loved hitler

[@danielwoods3563]

They literally have no shame, no compassion and no empathy. This type of politician has a criminal mindset. It's not just the callousness, it's also combined with a pathological drive to deceive. Braverman is not fit to be an MP, let alone a Minister.

[@sbor2020]

Braverman: _You think YOU had it bad! My parents had NOTHING_ !

[@pollymath2010]

Please tell me what "fascist rhetoric" was used?

[@sbor2020]

@@pollymath2010 Language that dehumanises people: swarms, invasions.

[@jrpm1964]

Her response sums her up...She spends time talking about herself, and says, her family came to the Uk with nothing. Yet at the same time she says that her mother was recruited as a nurse..in Mauritius. This is not coming to the UK with nothing. It is also completely incomparable to someone literally comung with nothing...My conclusion is she is a narcissist and a liar....My best wishes go out to the lady that asked the question.

[@thequeenofspades]

The only thing worse than Suella Braverman in this video is the clap at the end.

[@metaiguana429]

"I escaped the Holocaust" "My parents were immigrants too!" She's an absolute sociopath.

[@angihentze6140]

Doesn't ever come close to a comparrison

[@justingowers5678]

Thank you Ms Salter. I salute your bravery. We must honour your story.

[@greydoesthings]

"Hi. Your language is the same as used by the people we hold up as being the pinnacle of evil when looking at history. Why?" SB launches into a "You and I are not so different, Mr Bond" moment, followed by doing the same exact dehumanising that she is being asked about...

[@aido92]

People like Suella like to point to their parents or grandparents immigration status, as if that excuses their deplorable attitudes; it doesn't, and if anything makes those attitudes appear even worse.

[@ChaosRehab]

She also says her father was kicked out of Kenya. But my grandparents and mum were from their and none of the kicking out like next door in Uganda happened

[@mrjonno]

Hear, hear!

[@Tantejay]

This. Absolutely this As a descendant of the perpetrators, my grandfathers were in the Wehrmacht, I am absolutely appalled by this. She has a responsibility to help the same refugees her parents once were - As I have a responsibility to speak up against this kind of language whenever I see it She needs to be held accountable.

[@sebastianstride7464]

It's similar to Sunak's defence of the NHS crisis: "I can't be deliberately ignoring the situation because my parents worked in the NHS." Braverman : "I can't hate refugees because my parents were ones themselves." Pathetic and absolutely vile.

[@bobbysime1372]

Economic migrants. Which most are

[@sebastianstride7464]

@@bobbysime1372 and you know this how? The majority are not economic migrants which I suspect you full well know but decide to feign ignorance and outrage. Correct?

[@ince55ant]

@@sebastianstride7464 i mean they can be described as economic migrants, since they will make more money here than they would in a warzone or killed by the state. people only say "economic migrant" as a distraction, its not a real argument of anything. they simply dont want foreigners but, either consciously or subconsciously, realise that they cant just say that.

[@sebastianstride7464]

@@ince55ant if you're fleeing a war zone or seeking asylum in another country because of political persecution, I think most people are concerned about the preservation of their lives than economic opportunity. You know that's an utterly disingenuous hot take on your part.

[@jrpm1964]

Great point....

[@alexg5452]

"Why do you feel the need to use this kind of language?".. I can answer that for you, it's because Braverman is a fascist, not just someone on the "hard right" like many of her colleagues but an actual fascist.

[@TheManwithaview]

Absolutely agree.

[@NigelTolley]

I think she must really hate her own parents, and their "anchor baby".

[@fayroberts]

This is grim viewing. Braverman appealing to some of the vilest traits of racism and xenophobia in society, useful to her because it bolsters loyalty.

[@CammieRacing]

The parent fallacy. 'I can't be against X because my parents were X'

[@Bartok_J]

Note that Braverman conveniently ignores the points about her use of language like "swarm" and "invasion". She's appealing to the very same kind of people who would have objected to her own parents coming here. Enoch Powell, NF chanting "When the blacks go marching home", election leaflets "If you want a coloured for a neighbour, vote Labour - If you are already burdened, vote Tory". Didn't her parents teach her anything?

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

The round of applause she gets is the worst part. By all means, call the people smugglers out and return anyone who comes from a safe country, but don't attack those entitled to come here. Process them in Calais instead!

[@petercallomon9681]

They can't be processed in Calais because Britain is out of the EU and is deemed a third country. When the French cound that the UK was leaving the EU they couldn't sustain hiding their glee as the problem was being transferred straight onto the UK Government who... as we know couldn't organise a book club in a library.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

I have read that asylum seekers could be processed in Calais. Given the resources needed to monitor the small boats, I am sure that the French government would be only too happy to stop the people trafficing across the Channel. Thet could certainly strike an inter-govermental arrangement with HMG,

[@pollymath2010]

The round of applause is the best bit! Our asylum system is now completely broken, we have economic chancers and Albanian criminals coming across the channel in their droves because they have seen how weak we are. You say process them in Calais? What happens if Calais says no, they'll be in the small boats the very next day. Only way to stop this is to turn the boats around using lethal force if necessary. Only that will certainly send a signal to others in Calais.

[@angihentze6140]

@@grahampaulkendrick7845 they don't want tonpricesd them in France because then the people would see that still 1,000's of people are coming over in planes instead, which doesn't fit their rhetoric that it's illegal people coming and taking our jobs, our hones etc etc 🙄 and then the gov might be expected to ya know do their job and sort the problems

[@fasttrack70]

@Paul A and why is the system broken? I would say it could and should of been fixed in the last 13 years it hasn't and the reason is because the right wing need a bogey man to scare the likes of you into voting for them saying they are going to fix what they broke

[@Cheebasonic]

Cruella is contradicting herself with policies and agenda compared to her own family’s experience and her praise of acceptance in this country. As the vast majority of asylum seekers are genuine and valid cases - then it’s obviously wrong to use thise words about invasion and swarms. And even more so in context of U.K. receiving far less immigrants than many other countries ..per capita .

[@wassimnsouli4975]

Her parents had a legal path open to them, that the gov has shut down. She fails to mention that

[@enthusiast0]

Cruella... Brilliant

[@JacquelineFletcher-gg7lk]

Most are illegal Albanians.

[@wassimnsouli4975]

@@JacquelineFletcher-gg7lk then why's coke still 3 underweight bags for a 100?

[@pollymath2010]

The UK is a tiny country and Africa is a massive continent. I suggest you consult an Atlas.

[@smashdad1]

Braverman is disgusting

[@Knowlesy42]

Why... WHY is everyone clapping that? Good god.

[@TL-tg7kh]

She says she is our voice well she's not mine!

[@aip1973]

So everyone claps the double downing of the language she used. What can you say 😢

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Why does "not shying away" mean having to dehumanize people though... She is quick to play her own "immigrant card" when it suits her. We all know the only reason she has this role is because of the ERG.

[@daiu48]

The European Research Group is a publicly funded think tank dedicated to UK Brexit and arguably the most powerful lobby in the Government. The reappointed Home Secretary was chair of the ERG. The language of exclusion and exceptionalism - invasion , swarms - is deliberately calculated to induce fear and hatred. Texas Governor Abbott talks continuously about the threat and invasion of migrants. The curiously warped and inverted racist attitude held by Home Secretaries Braverman and Patel is best put by Neil Basu , top Asian head of counter terror policing . “Are you alert to issues of racial and social justice “, as a definition of ‘woke’, used by the Home Secretary to criticise ‘tofu- eating lefties’. ( Channel 4 News interview Nov 29 2022)

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

@@daiu48 The ERG is a cancer in the UK Parliament that needs to be cut out.

[@ince55ant]

say what you want about the labour anti-semitism, but if this doesnt warrent the same level of scrutiny i dont know what does...

[@raygooch]

This is real though. It is not a scam or a smear. The purpose of the scam was to open the way to real racism being accepted by most English people. Many English people believed the scam! Levels of intelligence in England are not high.

[@mohm7047]

She using this language makes the old National Front saints. My word, what direction the UK is going.

[@monicatomlinson5060]

Shes not fit to hold the office of an MP

[@jrpm1964]

Totally agree....

[@davidmansfield9167]

Her language and tone is carefully chosen to see how far the public are toward accepting the New Fascism. The applause is a terrifying indicator.

[@AL-ib3lu]

The applause of the audience tells you all you need to know, she is playing to the Brexit crowd.

[@smegheadGOAT]

the majority

[@alidee5448]

We've never needed a long harsh Arctic winter so badly!

[@IveJustHadAPiss]

@@smegheadGOAT in 2016.

[@smegheadGOAT]

@@IveJustHadAPiss and?

[@ianmurray250]

The French have offered space in Calais to set up an immigration processing centre to stop the need for people to travel to the UK in small boats, the UK government has declined this offer, presumably because this would show that most people asking for asylum have valid claims. By leaving only the dangerous sea crossing, the UK government is presumably hoping that many die en route. Meanwhile, they have reduced the number of home office people to process claims, particularly senior officers, causing thousands to be stuck in limbo, unable to be allowed to work or go to school. Never Ever vote for a #CONservative government Ever Again.

[@marksheppard9880]

And what about all the boats. Are they being sold on Ebay?

[@SuperFreemanuk]

And as soon as they get refused it's back to the boats..it won't work.

[@ianmurray250]

@@SuperFreemanuk It will for many because it is obviously very dangerous, but for the ones that still try the boat route they will, having already been refused, actually be illegal and can immediately be deported.

[@angihentze6140]

@@SuperFreemanuk yer missing the point, very few asylum seekers applications are refused so they couldn't keep with their nasty racist BS if they provided safe routes cause all those boat people would coming on planes

[@pedazodetorpedo]

Most of them do not have valid claims otherwise they would succeed in those claims in France. #LogicFail

[@lemagreengreen]

Just saw the Home Office attempting to get this video removed, save it and share it widely people.

[@TL-tg7kh]

Can't imagine why...

[@judiwilliams4088]

Yes, full video shared, we all know what to do. This corrupt government needs to be removed as soon as posssible.

[@oxherder9061]

Thanks for standing your ground with this video

[@tonycannon1968]

Sue Ellen is a loathsome human being

[@therealbriman]

As soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich, they kicked away the ladder and told the rest of us that "Life's a bitch"

[@zuberahmed6736]

Id love to hear what Bravermans parents would say about their immigration experience compared to ther daughters right wing comments.

[@pauldancestotheradio]

She outed herself with her pronunciation of "Kenya"

[@danny3171]

Her and rishi always mention there parents are immigrants. 🤡.

[@PistolPixel]

why do we have such disgusting creatures in government?

[@angihentze6140]

Cause England keeps voting for them

[@GeoffreyTucker42]

The home office has asked for an edited version of this reply from Leaky Sue to be taken down. The full version here does not seem to be remotely better than the edited one.

[@robstiles454]

Just the way she says “Kenya” is a mildly offensive

[@uksubversion]

How come Tories with migration background are so cruel to refugees ?

[@tituscrow4951]

They come from a place where life is cheap. And there is no such thing as state aid or safety nets. In short anything that civilised people demand & should expect. It’s the one dangerous thing about letting a lot of people into a place. You can change the cultural norms in a short amount of time.

[@pranasimon9311]

It's a version of Stockholm Syndrome to fit in. Self-loathing by another name. She says she was inculcated with a love of Britain by her parents. She fails to call herself British though. It's how people with broken spirits rise in the ranks of authoritarian systems.

[@stephenbyrne914]

The answer to that is in her description of her father. He is Indian who left Kenya when it gained independence from the British empire. Why did he leave Kenya? Because he left India when it gained independence because he was most likely a collaborater to the Colonialists. He moved to Kenya as it was still a colony and no doubt he had a more privileged position in society there, below the white Colonialists of course but above the native Kenyans. When Kenya gained independence he fled probably fearing retribution. Thus it has been ingrained in Braverman that she is superior to others and especially Africans. Priti Patels parents have a similar background though it was Uganda and not Kenya her parents fled.

[@DrakeBurroughs]

@@stephenbyrne914 Slight correction on Patel's parents - they didn't flee, but left Uganda as "economic migrants" before Amin seized power.

[@christinakiwat3285]

It seems to be quite a common trait in humans; the abused become the abusers, particularly when you reach an elite or position of power. You become even worse to prove that you really belong, or to play out some other kind of need. It can be seen in so many different areas throughout history.

[@ppotter]

Zero empathy.

[@gent3284]

RESIGN

[@christophermcmanus5103]

How does someone so bad at public speaking & thinking on their feet get into Cruella's position?

[@jacoblucasgifts]

All I heard was a load of waffle surrounding the refusal to apologise.

[@marksip01234]

Absolutely no recognition by Braverman of the horrors this lady went through - just instantly justifying her awful words - this women is the pits

[@hazelsimmons4487]

Send Suella to Rwanda!

[@mihaelafilipescu5818]

First Suella father is british citizen when he arrived in UK the lady is completely different situation as a refugee from Natzi Countries as a Jewish woman

[@chrisbarnett6999]

Surely her father should have stopped in tbe first safe country?? Clearly not the UK!!

[@mihaelafilipescu5818]

Whay on earth Suella Braverman is invited to speak at this event

[@ajp8260]

Vile. She needs help.

[@sugoruyo]

Not at our expense, she should get on a plane to Rwanda at her own expense and never come back, I hear it's lovely there.

[@Bogwedgle]

So her answer to "Why are you saying nazi shit" is "Because I think it's true" then

[@Psymon-F-C]

Disgusting example of humanity...

[@jamesflynn560]

The British government given out about people 'invading' their country is more then a little ironic considering their colonial past😠

[@andrewscott4712]

It's the clapping. FFS!

[@wordwordful]

The Holocaust Survivors Voice has been completely ignored and even insulted. She is not going to Apologise So she is not listening. She can't compare her family with that of an Holocaust Survivors family. A pretender!

[@birdgassm]

Sociopath: a person who consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others

[@Leszek.Rzepecki]

I really admire Joan Salter for having had the courage to confront Cruella with this. Obviously, it was like bouncing empathy off a brick wall, Cruella doesn't understand human empathy, she understand Tory party donors and voters, and that's it.

[@Ftanftangfnarrr]

If her father were in the same position today, what would his options be?

[@virusus441]

Its a fascist and narcissistic trait to never apologise for anything..

[@sssh561]

so braverman explains why she's pulling up the ladder for others?

[@albinoboy5312]

She doens't have a clue!! The comment was about the language nothing else and she can't see what it does

[@confessorkev]

The people you hear applaud are English, my experience as Irish is that they are bigoted, racist and particularly callously cruel

[@confessorkev]

@Mick G maybe it has something to do with invading our country, starving 1 million of people to death, making us work for you to buy back our own land, splitting the country in two and leaving behind the most bitter, vicious people being to terrorise us for a hundred years. The world is over run with what the English have done, killed and pillage and stolen from. Don't Dare ever come at me or another irish man like it's the same thing. You've more than earned the contempt and hate from the world over and now more from Europe with your hateful, spiteful and racist Brexit.

[@ince55ant]

@Mick G its that west brit mentality. the types that loved executing IRA members during the civil war

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

@@ince55ant 😢 Indeed, when fighting a war, as you mentioned. A war that was a century ago. No side in a war is free from atrocities. You might reflect on the Brighton bombing of the then British Prime Minister and other members of her government. Or the murder of Lord Mountbatten.

[@hwjackson]

This is a very dangerous individual who puts personal popularity beyond any principal of decency. There is much she needs to explain about her questionable boasts. She is not fit to hold public office.

[@tomcross3000]

generosity..

[@BonesPanny]

Her father was thrown out of Kenya? For what reason? Asians were not being chucked out of Kenya as they were in Uganda, so unless he was seeking 'political' asylum he came over as an economic migrant and she is lying about her background.

[@ChaosRehab]

Kicked out if Kenya?? Why or how?

[@garrycrystal6244]

She is certainly not my 'voice' in the British government. 'Swarm, invasion' etc., is the same rhetoric Trump used with his anti-Mexican rants as well as implementing the Muslim ban. These right-wingers point the finger and shout, 'They're to blame, not us, but we'll fix it for you' and they stoke up the fear of 'others'. The sad thing is that people keep falling for this again and again, or it ties in with their fascist ideology. Respect to Joan Salter. Zero respect for Braverman.

[@malcdow5870]

If there was ever a reason to leave the UK, on humanitarian terms, she is it. We thought Priti was hardcore, but she a wilting violet in comparison.

[@smegheadGOAT]

It is disingenuous not to put the full video on but a selectedly edited clip, and to what purpose?

[@tonydee9850]

Tories drop their kids at school age six, they would sell them if they could find a buyer,boats are a distraction for these sheep.

[@lanalou37]

How is she still employed after the email scandal too? Incompetent and facing ideologies???

[@judiwilliams4088]

The whole of the government is incompetent and fascist. They should all be removed before they have completely robbed the country blind and broken or sold off all of our public services. They all belong in prison IMHO

[@XDom75X]

It’s all the Tories have left the old boring immigration crap. Gets the brexit voters going though!

[@Spyboy256]

Here is a thought: Asylum seekers/Immigrants that make it here are restricted until they are processed by Home Office. Could they not be assessed and allowed to work in some of the professions where we desperately need labour, eg fruit picking, nursing, don't laugh, some of them will be highly qualified. I have a friend who was seen recently by a cardioligist who came from Syria 10 years ago, so it is possible. Maybe think about ID cards as well.

[@CheekyFest]

taking them in, then sending them to Rwanda?

[@LimeyRedneck]

FFS!!! 💔🤬

[@goldenshowercap9395]

Short version: Tories will not shy away from using the dehumanising language of the NAZIS. The End.

[@patrickozga3486]

I believe Israel should open her hearth to the deluge of worlds refugees. Britain shouldn't have to shoulder the burden by her self. My fellow Jewish survivors, please return the favor and help other survive these cruel times as you have been saved before.

[@abdesbenne7993]

This minister is very racist' although she is not of British descent. And her parents hardened and emigrated... She does not represent Britain's values ​​and she should leave because she is part of the problem that afflicts Britain.

[@nikdante5844]

It's not really a fair comparison between refugees now, peacetime, and refugees during WW2, the greatest conflict in human history.

[@ajhorniman8285]

Peace time? Here maybe, but not in the rest of the world. Which, I believe, is where the refugees come from? The Question the speaker at this event was "way use the same dehumanising language now, as was used during the Holocaust, before and during WWII, by the Nazis". The speaker did NOT answer the holocaust survivors question, they refused to explain. They compared thier parents experience, as immigrants, (father who was already a British citizen, and mother who was invited here to work as a nurse) to the experance of a holocaust survivor, or anyone leaving a country in fear of their lives. If you don't find that disturbing, then you could be part of the problem. I hope that's not the case🤞🖖🙏

[@shadeofachilles]

This is leftist framing. Opposing mass immigration doss not equate to fascism.

[@ajhorniman8285]

The words do, and the word were what was being questioned. Words have power, they are important. 🖖

[@christinakiwat3285]

The actual framing: "Holocaust survivor confronted Suella Braverman to say: your hateful language has consequences". Video: Braverman refuses to apologise. Your framing: "Opposing mass immigration doss not equate to fascism."????? Strawman fallacy.

[@shadeofachilles]

@@christinakiwat3285 it's not a strawman when the comments are full of acusations of fascism. The word is so overused it doesn't carry any power. You leftists just bore me now. 🤭

[@gaz312]

Well said it’s kinda sick that someone would severely twist something like that to play politics. One is mass genocide the other is trying to tackle a major problem of people having their lives put in danger by people trackers and slave traders, both at sea and on the hands of those same groups when they arrive in the U.K. that engage them in illegal activities in terrible conditions when they arrive. The problem of slavery is now greater in the U.K than at any time on its history. Trying to tackle that is nowhere near the same as rounding up people and throwing them in camps and murdering them on mass. Anybody that’s had to to work with victims of these traffickers and slave traders and what they’ve been put through in their hand will know full well that they have far more in common with the Nazis to say the least than those trying to stop them. They are literally campaigning for these slave traders and people traffickers. You’re not escaping war etc from France and you’ve got every opportunity to come to this country and many others, legally from the safe country they are in. Theirs no need to be pro people trafficking/ slave trade. I’d also say pro terrorist as an alarmist amount are people trafficked against their will by terrorists organisations and make a lot of money doing so.

[@KJ-js7pi]

I think the point she is trying to make is quite valid. The numbers don't lie, illegal migration to this country has increased exponentially and the public feel like people are abusing and exploiting the system. Once this happens, it turns the whole public's attitude towards migration, whether legal or illegal, negative. Uncontrolled migration leads to enclaves of society which form ghettos that do not need to assimilate and as a result, they breed intolerant values that are incompatible with the rest of British society. This needs to be addressed.

[@richtyrrell3823]

Because it's virtually impossible to come here legally

[@vroniholzmann]

You are defending Braverman? After watching this appaling video??

[@DISCOD00D]

You do understand to seek asylum as a refugee within the UK you need to be physically in the UK, right? Maybe instead of cheering on her bigotted rhetoric you push for and support reform to a clearly broken system?

[@shuthonger6797]

Do you think it's illegal for refugees to come to the UK in a small boat to claim asylum? If so then you have been brainwashed and should read the UN Convention on Refugees (1851) to which the UK is a signatory.

[@shuthonger6797]

@@richtyrrell3823 Arriving in a small boat with no papers is legal as long as you apply for asylum as soon as possible.

[@bobbysime1372]

I detest Tories but this is the only thing i ageee with. She's right.

[@pranasimon9311]

She's not right. Read above comments to understand why.

[@ajhorniman8285]

The speaker did not answer the question asked. The question was "why use the same dehumanising language as was use by the Nazis during the holocaust?" The speaker just ignored the actual question, then tried to equate thier own parents (totally different experience) with the holocaust survivors, and then continued on with the speech they had been giving. I do fervently hope that you don't agree with using dehumanising language, that was the go to language of the Nazis. Hopeful 🤞🙏🖖

[@themincingninjapoofsawayli898]

If people keep immigrating to Britain at the current rates then it won't be too long before the quality of life in Britain descends to the point that no one from other countries would want to come and live here... or even holiday here for that matter. See Sweden for an example of a country that's already further down that road than we are.

[@pranasimon9311]

Our quality of life is wholly due to encouraging EU citizens to 'go back where they came from' by not permitting them permanent residence and UK rights since 2016. And over the last four years our QoL has only plummeted due to UK political and corporate greed. Isolationism does not work unless you are already an aristocrat.

[@themincingninjapoofsawayli898]

@@pranasimon9311 Who said anything about isolationism. I'm talking about what is sustainable. Britain doesn't have enough space or resources to keep importing people at the rates that we currently are. It's like introducing a new species into an eco system. If the numbers are too large to integrate into the ecosystem the system collapses. THAT is what we are witnessing.

[@themincingninjapoofsawayli898]

@@tightnnerdy4233 I already provided evidence that this is the case. Like I said, see Sweden for an example of what I'm talking about. The fact that you're too lazy to do some research is not my problem.

[@felicitygee381]

@@themincingninjapoofsawayli898 isolationism is the international relations term or name of the attitude countries take when they use the arguments you were just using to justify policies. The actions they take are to close their borders, expect to get preferential trade agreements on the international market (expect everyone to pay them better for their exported goods but expect better discounts on their imports) and usually start following nationalistic ideals and policies often associated with xenophobia. See USA and the great depression. The outcome of these types of policies always end up badly for the country itself, and the international world, sometimes leading to mass wars. Scholars often attribute the isolationist policies of 1930's America with the eventual start of WWII. Whilst Germany's pre war policies could also be labelled nationalistic because they were scapegoating refugees and immigrants (and anyone else different) as the reason for their economic problems and poor conditions, it was actually caused by the US withdrawing their rebuilding loan.

[@themincingninjapoofsawayli898]

@@felicitygee381 Again, I never said anything about isolationism. I said "If people keep immigrating to Britain AT THE CURRENT RATES...". I am not in favour of isolating Britain, I'm in favour of sensible and sustainable levels of immigration. Isolationism is just a strawman you're constructing instead of dealing with the things I actually said.

[@brettwilson7155]

I totally agree with Suella and I do not think an apology is in order....... Invasion is a perfect description of what is going on. Every illegal immigrant that sets foot on our beaches should be arrested on the spot and put in jail to await deportation!

[@sbor2020]

Firstly, what are the *_legal routes_* to enter the UK for people from a African country such as Sudan or Chad involved in a civil war? Secondly, by Braverman making no apologies for the language used, you also think it is literally an invasion. Then how it is an invasion in the _literal_ sense *_when no army or force is used to enter and take control of the UK_* ? Explain please. Thanks.

[@Simonmc78]

Shame your ancestors weren't as averse to invasions as you are.

[@felicitygee381]

They are not illegal, if they are genuine assylum seekers, it is international law, just as the lady who raised the question escaped by boat so can these refugees. The UK cannot arrest them nor send them back. However the UK has also closed all legal routes to claiming assylum in the UK except travelling by boat. It is the UK that is breaking international law, not the refugees on boats. The govt just does not want them, like a toddler throwing its own toys out of its pram.

[@tems81]

Why do they clap ?? Happy it's over ?!!.