A policy of mass deporting legal immigrants was once solely the preserve of fringe racist groups such as the National Front in Britain.
Now, this stance is not only held by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which currently leads the country’s polls, but also by the Conservatives, who have been the governing party for 14 of the past 15 years.
The mainstreaming of such xenophobic radicalism does nothing to enhance Britain’s reputation as a bastion of reliability, tolerance, and decency.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-28/katie-lam-the-uk-s-immigration-debate-is-getting-much-darker