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16:33Now PlayingKeir Starmer is being compared to Enoch Powell over his immigration policy announcement.
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The Prime Minister made a speech outlining the new Labour government approach to immigration. Starmer warned of the risk of the UK becoming an "island of strangers".
Critics have pointed out the similarity between this and phrasing used by Enoch Powell in his infamous "rivers of blood" speech.
Hannah Barnes unpacks the government's plans with Andrew Marr and Rachel Cunliffe.
📚 READ: How Labour learned to love immigration control - George Eaton
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