article_snippet.sent: Sitting in the House of Commons from 2001, I had a ringside seat on Labour’s complete failure on immigration – and immigration – was infuriating.
article_snippet.sent: Fake colleges, bogus visas, wide open loopholes, the wrong welfare incentives, sham marriages, an abject failure to deport foreign criminals, migrants bringing family members to Britain even if family members couldn’t speak a word of English –
article_snippet.sent: Underpinning it all was contempt for the views of most British people.
article_snippet.sent: We all remember Peter Mandelson’s boast that Labour was practically ‘sending out search parties’ for migrants.
article_snippet.sent: On top of all this direct action to control immigration, we recognised that the rising immigration numbers weren’t just about lax borders and a system easily abused; it was about British people not being trained to get into the jobs that were becoming available – or not incentivised to work at all, because of Labour’s welfare system.
article_snippet.sent: Immigration should be about welcoming those who can contribute to our country; who want to come to Britain, pay Immigration way, make a life here, and abide by British values.