Mehdi Hassan

Why is he spending so much time agitating?

Not the first time.

Remember a year and a half ago when he was pushing all the... Keir Starmer was complicit in the rape of Britain.

Labour ministers should go to prison.

So he's been doing this for a while.

He's also backing the AFD, the far-right party in Germany.

This is a coordinated attempt to push the far-right in all parts of Europe.

And I just think we need to take a step back and say the immigration debate... I've been a political journalist for...

17 years, all I've ever heard is people saying, well, there's a legitimate debate to be had.

And I said, OK, let's have the legitimate debate.

But even this is not the legitimate debate, because this was a refugee who was allowed in and approved under a conservative government.

And when I hear people say, well, I didn't even know Zia Yousafzai was no more Sudanese refugees.

Sudan is an undeniable genocide.

Forget it.

Gaza, where people argue, argue, argue.

But that's why I'm asking you direct.

The idea that you wouldn't take anyone in from Sudan because one Sudanese guy committed a crime is an astonishing statement.

It's just, it's the definition of bigotry and collective punishment.

about the priorities of our country versus the priorities of those who are you know in terrible conditions i would say yes and far i would say yes in the sense that clearly the polls show the public sentiment is higher than it ever was against immigration but then public opinion is malleable public opinion shifts just take where i live i live in the united states

In 2024, Donald Trump was leading on immigration and the border by miles.