"Culturally coherent: it's either dog-whistle or it's so vague it's meaningless. Go home' is a chant used by people who are bigoted or racist so we have to be very careful when using phrases like go home, when talking in particular about legal migration. Politicians, especially ones who aspire to be in leadership frontline roles, should use language that is appropriate."
"All this time Lam has been seen as number two to Robert Jenrick. That seems to have shifted post-conference where it looks like she's now trying to take his spot on the hard right of the party. In trying to do so she has upset a lot of colleagues. This is what happens when you are new to the party and don't really understand what it is about. There is a line but she has gone so far past it, it is just a dot to her."
Katie Lam said a large number of people living legally in the UK should have their right to stay revoked and be sent home to achieve cultural coherence. Her remarks prompted alarm among Conservative MPs and complaints to party whips. Colleagues described the phrase "culturally coherent" as either a dog-whistle or meaningless and warned that "go home" language can echo bigoted chants, urging careful use of rhetoric by aspiring leaders. Lam is seen as a rising Tory figure and ally of Robert Jenrick and Nick Timothy. Badenoch's spokesperson said Lam's comments broadly aligned with party policy, prompting mixed interpretations and internal concern.
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