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Home Secretary Priti Patel speaking to the media outside the Ukrainian embassy in London
PRITI PATEL was told yesterday to step up support for Ukrainian refugees or resign, as anger over the government’s “disgraceful” response to the crisis boiled over in the Commons.
Tory MP Sir Roger Gale accused the Home Secretary of “misleading” Parliament after she twice claimed falsely on Monday that the Home Office had set up a visa application centre on the way to Calais.
Sir Roger told MPs that “under any normal administration, that in itself would be a resignation [issue].”
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
