Hostile Environment costs lives

The hypocritical effluence coming from Priti Patel and Boris Johnson in the wake of the discovery of 39 bodies in a container in Essex is sickening. It is an attempt to deny the Tory Party's responsibility. The anti-immigrant hatred of the Conservative Party led to the deaths of those 39 people.

People who want to claim asylum have to arrive illegally in order to join their family in the UK. The 'hostile environment' was created by the Conservative Party in order to gain votes from the openly racist politicians of UKIP and the Brexit Party.

The hatred has consequences. 39 people have died thanks to this hate campaign. The crocodile tears of the Prime Minister and Home Secretary raise hypocrisy to a new level.

Derek McMillan author page