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So, person implementing anti-immigration laws being child of immigrants who would not be allowed into the country under the scheme she's implementing is not a point for discussion?
That doesn't strike you as hypocritical at all?
Not sure where the brown bit comes into play, unless you get extra points in this scheme for not being brown.
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That doesn't strike you as hypocritical at all?
It’s not hypocritical to have benefited historically from policies you had no part in forming. It’s sensible to acknowledge and understand that you benefitted … yep. She is denying this for future generations. Tbf I think she does in that clip.
(you made me defend Patel ffs)
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So, person implementing anti-immigration laws being child of immigrants who would not be allowed into the country under the scheme she's implementing is not a point for discussion?
That doesn't strike you as hypocritical at all?
If I was in her position - god forbid - and asked to discuss or comment on this I would state that then is not now.
miro_o
Howard
I despise Priti Patel as much as the next man. She's the sort of divisive muppet that gets added to reality shows for the entertainment value.
But am not OK with all the news articles where the "her parents wouldn't have gotten in under her proposed system" is presented as a kind of "gotcha!" rhetoric. A brown person is no more responsible for her parents actions than anyone else. She is a fully British citizen and can have any opinion on immigration she likes, she doesn't owe the past system any debt of gratitude.