Outcry as Labour’s Diane Abbott demands MORE migrants should come to UK
LABOUR is facing fresh embarrassment over border control today after frontbencher Diane Abbott attacked Ed Miliband for failing to argue for MORE immigration.
Diane Abbott claimed not many members of the shadow cabinet represent a diverse London constituency
The shadow Health
Minister claimed her leader was shy of publicly standing up to Tory
calls for tighter restrictions on the number of newcomers arriving in
Britain.
She also claimed Mr Miliband spent too
much time worrying about opinion polls which showed that promises to cut
immigration were popular with voters.
Her outburst in an interview with a Labour-supporting website intensified the party’s leadership row that has dominated the Parliamentary summer break.
And it provoked fears that many in Labour would reverse the Government’s drive to cut annual net immigration to “tens of thousands” after a mass influx of migrants under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Ms Abbott, a former Labour leadership candidate, told the Progress website: “I’ve spoken to Ed Miliband about this quite a bit.
“I know that, on this issue, Ed’s heart is in the right place and he’s trying hard to position us correctly.
“What
weighs with him is the polling, which shows what the Tories are doing
on immigration is popular. And it certainly weighs on other members of
the shadow cabinet.”
Ms Abbott claimed there was a lack of people at the top of the party willing to make the case for more immigration to the UK.
The
MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said: “Not many members of the
shadow cabinet represent a diverse London constituency. Views about
race and immigration are different once you step outside London.
“So I think Ed himself means well and is doing his best but as a party we should do more because it’s a downward spiral.”
Ms Abbott rubbished Government plans to introduce charges for immigrants who seek NHS treatment.
“The mechanisms already exist to charge people who are not entitled to free health care,” she said.
“Doctors themselves do not want to be immigration officers.”
She added: “There is a public health issue about checking people’s passports before they can see the GP.
“That is a problem for a lot of conditions, like TB.”
There was an influx of migrants under Tony BlairWhat weighs with him is the polling, which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular. And it certainly weighs on other members of the shadow cabinet
UK Independence
Party leader Nigel Farage responded: “Mr Miliband’s recent conversion to
some form of immigration control is entirely a response to the opinion
polls. It is transparent that neither his nor his party’s heart is in
it.”
Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi said: “Diane Abbott
should apologise. Her comments are a reminder of the immigration chaos
we suffered under Labour.”
A senior Labour source said: “Ed understands the positive contribution immigration made to this country.
“He also recognises it can affect public services and employment. We have to address those concerns.”
The party’s leadership woe deepened last night as a former Labour minister urged Mr Miliband to raise his game.
Brian
Wilson, who quit as an MP in 2005, said: “I have never been quite clear
about why Ed Miliband wanted to be leader, or why he thought he should
be.
“His poll ratings are somewhere between dire and disappointing.”
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Her own constituemcy already looks more like Mombasa than an area of London.
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It will still not stop the stupid white working class voting labour.Something for them to moan about, they like moaning rather than doing. Bread and Circuses that's all they need. They have known that from Ancient times, the ruling classes.
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