Suella Braverman accuses Labour of passing laws that help CRIMINALS and vows to stop ‘HURRICANE’ of migration to UK
SUELLA Braverman today accused Labour of imposing human rights laws that help CRIMINALS exploit Britain’s immigration system.
In a conference speech that fired-up the Tory troops, the Home Secretary vowed to curb the “hurricane” of global migration.
Tearing chunks out of Sir Keir Starmer for being soft on borders, she also accused the last Labour government of facilitating bogus claims.
She said: “Our country has become enmeshed in a dense net of international rules that were designed for another era.
“And it is Labour that turbocharged their impact by passing the misnamed Human Rights Act.
“I am surprised they didn’t call it the Criminal Rights Act.”
In a blistering address, Ms Braverman:
- Stared down the “luxury beliefs brigade” who brand her “a racist”
- Insisted the British public “back” her tough stance on reining in immigration
- Said the public was safer with Rishi Sunak than Sir Keir “take the knee” Starmer
- Vowed to get Just Stop Oil “clowns” off Britain’s streets
She already grabbed headlines today after launching a fresh tirade against immigrants who fail to integrate into society.
And in on the stage in Manchester she doubled down – blasting: “The biggest reason why Conservative governments have struggled to get illegal migration under control is because Labour governments passed laws that inhibit effective action.
“We struggle to remove foreign criminals. We struggle to get accurate data on the ages of those who claim asylum;
“We struggle even to confiscate smartphones from illegal migrants landing on our beaches.”
Ahead of her speech, Ms Braverman took aim at communities across Britain living “parallel lives”.
She said: “They are coming from abroad, they are not learning the language, they are not embracing British values and they are not taking part in British life.
“That needs to be identified, we need to be fearless in calling that out and that’s my job.”
On the third day of party conference:
- Rishi Sunak ruled out an early election saying it’s “not what anybody wants”
- Speculation around HS2 intensified as the PM hit out at “extraordinary” costs
- A Jade’s Law to strip killer partners of powers over their kids was announced
Ms Braverman – who switched outfits twice – doubled down on remarks made last week that drew dividing lines among Tory colleagues.
Both Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt have refused to endorse her claims that “multiculturalism has failed”, and predecessor Dame Priti Patel even accused her of “attention seeking”.
But her hardline stance has won huge support among MPs on the right of the party and grassroots members.
Ms Braverman is widely tipped as a potential successor to Mr Sunak should he lose the next election.
Recent attacks on the European Court of Human Rights – which previously wrecked a bid to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda – went down a storm with some on the Tory right.
She has made curbing small boat crossings her central mission and has garnered support for her zero-tolerance approach to illegal migration.
The flagship plan to send small boat arrivals to Kigali has been challenged by left-wing campaigners and hangs on a crunch Supreme Court ruling in October.
If it goes ahead, lawyers could still scupper flights by appealing to the Strasbourg Court.
This risk has left many Tory MPs publicly calling for Britain to leave the ECHR, with ministers warning that “nothing is off the table”.
In more crowd-pleasing policies, Ms Braverman is also unveiling plans to ban sex offenders exploiting loopholes by changing their gender.
Some predators have tried to avoid going on the sexual offences register by changing their name and gender.