"Keir Starmer, meanwhile, is clearly gripped by panic, now identifying Reform UK as his enemy and opposing some of Farage's most terrifying plans, but still sometimes getting dangerously close to a polite version of the same language. Recent immigration, he wrote in the Telegraph last week, was caused by a hyper-liberal free-market viewpoint. It has been too easy for people to enter the country, and remain here illegally."
"Above all, he and his colleagues must use every possible measure to deter migrants from entering British waters. Along with the digital ID the government seems set to call the Brit card, this is where we are: alarmingly close to the imaginings of all those dystopian films and TV shows Children of Men, or the TV series Years and Years but seemingly yet to fully comprehend it."
Political rhetoric across the UK and internationally has shifted toward hardline immigration positions, calling for mass deportations, ending indefinite leave to remain, and using deterrence measures at sea. Leaders propose a national digital ID and other controls that approach dystopian scenarios from fiction. Domestic politics show mainstream parties moving closer to punitive language and policies while competing with populist forces. In a coastal town, a pristine new housing development abruptly ends at a crude wooden fence. Beyond the fence lie long low brick buildings surrounded by a barrier covered in frayed blue fabric, creating a stark, divided landscape.
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