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Reports at the time said the Labour Home Secretary wanted to \u201cspark a Europe-wide debate about placing the Geneva convention on a \u2018more rational basis\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nine years later, Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas reignited the same debate, which now attracts such hatred when raised by Ms Braverman.<\/p>\n
Mr Woolas said: \u201cThe Geneva Convention was intended to protect individual people from persecution.<\/p>\n
“A significant number of people who claim asylum are doing so for broadly economic reasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think it is right we look at the framework, as indeed other European countries are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Suella Braverman\u2019s comments about multiculturalism have also come under fire, with News Agents podcast host Jon Sopel tweeting: \u201c\u2018Multiculturalism has failed\u2019 says Suella Braverman who is from Kenyan and Mauritian background and married to a Jew, serving as Home Secretary in a govt led by someone whose family came from India”.<\/p>\n He pondered: \u201c[I] Wonder what multicultural success looks like\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n However Tory candidate and former Theresa May adviser Nick Timothy has pointed out that both David Cameron and race adviser-turned-broadcaster Trevor Phillips have both said similar things.<\/p>\n In 2011, David Cameron said \u201cstate multiculturalism\u201d has failed in the UK and pledged to cut funding for Muslim groups that failed to respect British values.<\/p>\n As Britain\u2019s Chairman of the Commission on Racial Equality, Trevor Phillips told the Times in 2004 that the Government should stop supporting multiculturalism, as it’s now out of date and encouraged \u201cseparateness\u201d between communities.<\/p>\n Ms Braverman\u2019s views used to be the mainstream. It is the liberal left who have chosen to completely abandon the centre ground, to the point that Tories repeating their own arguments from 20 years ago now appear outrageously foreign and offensive.<\/p>\n No wonder they can\u2019t understand why the public buys what Suella\u2019s selling.<\/p>\n
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