In Washington DC, the home secretary is set to argue that those who travel to the UK across the Channel in small boats are not fleeing imminent peril. Will she be seen as a truth teller or a politician quick to blame everyone for her own failings?
Poised to scatter morsels of red meat to the right of the Tory party, Suella Braverman will today tell a centre-right thinktank that it's time to re-examine the definition of the word"refugee"., arguing that those who travel to the UK across the Channel in small boats are not fleeing imminent peril.
Although today's speech will be music to the ears of the Tory right, how much is it likely to change the status quo? Although Braverman's rhetoric may sound tough, it is a far from simple task to reform such an iconic convention - and it's definitely not something the UK can do alone. According to recent polling by YouGov, 86% of people believe the government is handling immigration badly and Labour remains the preferred party to handle immigration.
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