To Manchester, where politicians, members and delegates are gathering for the Conservative’s annual party conference. A number of speeches have taken place on the main stage today, including that of shadow home secretary Chris Philp. The Tory MP focused on his party’s migration policy this afternoon – and surprised delegates with his announcement that, if Kemi Badenoch sails to victory in the next general election, the Conservatives will deport migrants found guilty of antisemitism. Strong stuff!
Speaking to his audience, Philp insisted:
If a foreign citizen expresses racial hatred, including antisemitism or supports extremism or terrorism, I’ll tell you this as shadow home secretary, I’ll deport them.
Speaking about migrants who had not been deported under previous administrations, Philp fumed:
This is sick. We must do whatever it takes to end this madness.
Speaking about the recent Manchester synagogue attack, Badenoch claimed in her speech that extremism had gone ‘unchecked’ under Labour. She added:
We have tolerated this in our country for too long and we have tolerated the radical Islamist ideology that seeks to threaten not only Jews but all of us of all faiths and none who want to live in peace. So the message from this conference, from this party, from every decent and right-thinking person in this country must be that we will not stand for it any more. We cannot import and tolerate values hostile to our own.
Quite.
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