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The North Belfast attack on Monday was medieval. It was sadistic. And it's sadly been viewed by millions in this country. As reprehensible as it was. The outrageous violence, intimidation and community damage carried out last night in my constituency and in other parts of Northern Ireland require the strongest condemnation.
It is impossible to share concerns about damage to our British values and then act in a way that tarnishes the very thing we should want to protect. The government's job, our collective job, is to act to protect our country and to defend our borders. The Prime Minister knows that the man charged entered our country illegally.
He passed through two safe countries and attained asylum in record time. Will he meet with me urgently to discuss the steps he and his government will take to ensure our values are enforced, that the rule of law in this country sustains, and that he protects and closes the open, porous border between our country and the Irish Republic?