It’s fascinating, being an immigrant in the UK and listening to this exchange:
“Isn’t it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor — working 60, 70 hours a week — that to get settled status here, he also needs to volunteer?”
“Well, we want people to contribute if they come to our country — and by and large, people do contribute.”
And then afterwards, we listen to Keir Starmer talk about “open Britain.”
This open, fair, non-racist country — the same country where, for over a year, he has engaged in the equivalent of stochastic terrorism.
He’s created an unsafe environment for people of colour, for immigrants, for asylum seekers — with words, and with policy.
Because while Labour says it’s in a war of values with Reform, they’re not telling you two key things.
First — that Labour has strategically chosen Reform as its shadow enemy.
They hoped that mirroring Reform’s rhetoric would neutralise the Tories and co-opt the far-right vote.
So they aligned on immigration policy. They leaned into anti-asylum language.
They supported the genocide in 🇵🇸.
They dog-whistled at migrants and disabled people.
They gambled that voters on the left — those who care about justice — would have no choice but to vote for them.
But it backfired. Because they can’t out-Reform Reform — and now they’re haemorrhaging the very base they thought they could ignore.
Second — the racism and xenophobia of this Labour leadership isn’t some accident.
It’s strategic.
Labour is telling Reform voters: “You’re wrong in tone… but not in substance.”
And that’s how we arrive at this moment —
Where a doctor, in a country desperate for doctors, nurses, and workers of all kinds —
Is told that 70 hours a week isn’t enough.
That paying taxes isn’t enough.
That sustaining the economy and delaying the demographic cliff isn’t enough.
You have to volunteer too.
You have to be superhuman.
