In Monday’s Downing Street speech, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged that his Labour government would “take back control of our borders” and “tighten up every area of the immigration system”.
The speech was met with backlash as some claimed it echoed the racially charged Rivers of Blood speech made by Enoch Powell in 1968. Powell’s speech led to him being removed as shadow defence secretary after he took a stand against immigration and the growing numbers of non-native citizens.
