Nigel Farage roundly condemned over plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-roundly-condemned-over-plan-to-abolish-indefinite-leave-to-remain
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Nigel Farage roundly condemned over plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-roundly-condemned-over-plan-to-abolish-indefinite-leave-to-remain
Posted by Electricbell20
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“oh we are only going to get rid of the illegal ones”
many of these are working and contributing young people, who did everything the correct way, why would you want rid of those ?
not all immigration is bad, we need some to keep the country ticking over with younger work force.
What other historic governments can I think of that had a habit of retrospectively changing laws.
How is it even going to work if someone on a spousal visa gives birth to a British baby. Is he going to try kicking out the baby’s mum to satisfy the far right?
You change the rules retroactively , you betray everyone n break trust with the world.
> Dead cat dead cat. Stop looking at my finances and trip to the US.
The translation whenever he comes out with unworkable shit drivel like this. Like Boris’s bridge to Northern Ireland bollocks.
Only condemned by people who weren’t going to vote for him anyway I presume. His supporters will love this
Retrospective immigration rule changes don’t work or last. I remember the debacle around retrospective changes on HSMP conditions – was struck down by a judicial review and the government had to restore the immigration status of a few thousand people.
Illegals on boats ➡️ legals without passport ➡️ naturalised citizens without 5 generations of British citizenship ➡️ anyone who disagrees or questions the dear leader and his sponsors.
Now, if only we had seen this happening before, and the useful idiots would know what’s coming for them.
They’re pushing the boat out to see how much they can get away with
Roundly condemned, but I bet mainly by the people who would have condemned him anyway. I’m going to guess this doesn’t move the needle like you’d hope with his supporters.
Everyone:
Farage: ‘Something stupid/controversial’
Everyone: ‘Ha look how stupid/controversial he is, here have some interview and talkshow requests!’
Farage: ‘Thanks guys for my daily press coverage!’ *fucks off to not-his-constituency.
Boris Johnson and his successors betrayed this country by bringing in millions of people from the third world after winning a very large majority on a platform of reducing immigration, you don’t get to say “oh well it would be unfair to do anything about that so you’re stuck with them forever”
Putting aside the issues about benefit etc , Is there something a bit odd about the possibility we end up with millions of people living here indefinitely without applying for citizenship? I wonder what the ‘conversion’ rate is over a certain amount of time? Of course it makes sense for something like Ukrainians who are planning to return home if the war ends ( though I wonder , perhaps to our actual benefit, how many will).
The next step is revoking British citizenship of all naturalised citizens
How is breaking up families that have paid the govt thousands of pounds in fees to be in the UK legitimately a good idea?
These folk have jobs, pay taxes, are parts of communities and parents to UK citizens. Seems like a nose/face situation.
Removing nearly 1million tax payers from the country would cause an Economic crash.
It’s nakedly racist. And will face many legal challenges. It will create impossible backlogs for those losing Leave to Remain. It will destroy jobs and families.
Note that he mentioned non-EU citizens, because his partner is French. One rule for these b*stards.
There was a man in the street interview (the lowest form because it catches people off guard) that asked people who’d they’d depoet, nurses, cleaners, etc and noone got deported under that question.
Now bin Farage, serious politics only.
Oh, but you lot still talk about nothing else but him so he wins anyway…
He’s got the knack to create headlines – got to give it to the “man of the people”.
This plan is 100% bs and he knows it YET the press pushes all the right buttons for him.
I was born in england to two EU parents, who both got very good jobs here. There is *no* logic or benefit in deporting them.
They split my family and lose two tax payers who never took much from the state through health and schooling etc. They do nothing *but* contribute!
It is *beyond* clear that immigration is a net benefit and I hate the media and hate this grifter for convincing people he wouldn’t flick spare change at, that people like my parents are the problem.
Edit side note: I’m not sold on an ‘eu exemption’ to please his mistresses, but the point still stands that there are many families like mine who just happen to be a different colour who wouldn’t be quite so lucky.
We didn’t have a boat arrivals problem until Brexit, which Farage has significant responsibility for because of his campaigning. Pre-Brexit, we had a returns agreement with 27 states for illegal arrivals, which we tore up in part thanks to Farage. If we were still part of the Dublin Protocol we could return all boat arrivals to France legally, now we can’t thanks to Farage.