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\u201cShould Suella Braveman receive the same treatment?\u201d<\/p>\n
The audience member was referring to Powell\u2019s River of Blood speech in which he said: \u201cAs I look ahead I am filled with foreboding\u201d about mass immigration.<\/p>\n
Ms Braveman hinted the Government is willing to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to end the migrant crisis if Rwanda flights continue to be blocked.<\/p>\n
More than 25,000 people have crossed the Channel in 533 boats this year, heaping huge pressure on the broken asylum system.<\/p>\n
Panellist Emma Dabiri, a writer, said: \u201cI don\u2019t see how you couldn\u2019t make the comparison.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of the word hurricane is not incidental.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cAnd I really, really feel that we need to be like extremely vigilant because people are manipulated into thinking that migrants pose a threat when really the real threat is posed by us leaving the European Court of Human Rights which they\u2019re using, um like the small boats policy, the fact that that\u2019s kind of deemed illegal, the Government is using that to say they they might leave the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy starting you know with targeting the most vulnerable in society and dehumanising them what we would be allowing to happen would be for the Government to actually erode human rights in ways that would mean that we were all increasingly vulnerable and left without protection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> But Conservative North West Durham MP Richard Holden, and a Government Transport Minister, disagreed and said the word hurricane merely demonstrated the scale of the issue – although conceded he wouldn\u2019t have used the word.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThere\u2019s no comparison between what Enoch Powell said and what Suella Braveman said.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s the language she\u2019s chosen to use in this context.<\/p>\n \u201cIt basically highlights as Tony said the fact that there are so many people around the world who are wanting to move for all sorts of reasons.<\/p>\n \u201cThe West cannot take those numbers of people. It\u2019s highlighting the size of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n
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