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A Tory MP Those who are seen as potential future leaders of the party have been condemned for calling Deportation of legally settled families To make the UK more “culturally coherent”.
In comments that have been described as “extremely worrying and unpatriotic”. Katie Lamb She said that she thinks that a large number of people are with legal status Must “go home” to Britain.
His comments were criticized by all parties Labor MP Richard Quigley Saying that they “perfectly demonstrate how far tory party Have fallen”.
Green Party leader Zac Polanski told Independent It was “Faraz’s talk of jumping and the old parties’ ‘How high?’ Another example of saying”, while Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey urged Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to condemn the comments.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Ms Lam said: “There are also a huge number of people in this country who came here legally, but in reality they should not have been able to do so.
“It is not the fault of the individuals who came here, they should not have been able to do this.
“They will also need to go home. What they will leave behind is a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people.”
Hitting back at his comments, Mr Polanski said: “If we want to talk about coherence, what does that mean? Who gets to decide what is or isn’t culturally coherent?”
“And how can they call themselves conservative when they want to eliminate this fundamental idea that it is completely inappropriate to change the rules once someone has made it their home?”
He added: “It’s like Farage saying ‘leap’ and the old parties saying ‘how high?’ Another example of that.”
Ms Lam’s proposals are similar to policies outlined by Nigel Farage, who has promised to scrap indefinite leave to remain (ILR), which would put thousands of people legally settled in Britain at risk of deportation.
The Labor government has also promised to reform ILR, making it available only to people who have been in the UK for ten years and who can prove that they have contributed to society.
Responding to Ms Lamm’s comments, Mr Quigley said: “This perfectly shows how far the Tory party has fallen and how desperate they are for relevance.
“Being called a rising star in the current Conservative Party is the equivalent of saying you have wing mirrors on a spaceship.
“They should worry more about being politically consistent than attacking people who are here legally. People like Katy are what’s wrong with our politics. Ambition comes first.”
Fellow left-wing Labor MP Rachael Maskell also attacked Ms Lam for her comments Independent: “There is a good reason the Conservatives are not in power and are completely incompetent when they want to divide our communities and threaten the people who contribute to our economy and country.
“If people are given the right to remain in the UK, we must recognize the huge contribution they make and ensure they and their children are properly integrated into our communities.
“As things stand, our NHS and social care system would collapse if such a policy were introduced.”
In a letter to Mrs Badenoch, Sir Ed branded her comments “deeply worrying and disproportionate”, adding: “People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.”
The Lib Dem leader said Ms Lam’s suggestion of the legal deportation of thousands of people based in the UK “demonstrates how far your party has moved from the core values of decency, tolerance and respect for the rule of law that the majority of our country holds dear”.
He urged Mrs Badenoch to clarify whether the MP’s comments reflected the party’s position, asking who the party thought should not have been able to come to the UK legally.
He asked, “What does ‘mostly but not entirely culturally compatible group of people’ mean and how will it be set out in the Conservative Party’s immigration rules?”