Harlow MP slams Labour plans to “scrap immigration controls and give every foreign national the right to vote”
News / Fri 27th Sep 2019 at 07:29am
LABOUR members unanimously passed a motion tabled by the Labour Campaign for Free Movement at the party’s conference in Brighton on Wednesday morning, voting to reject immigration controls and proposing to give migrants the right to vote in the UK.
Commenting, Harlow MP, Rob Halfon said: “The Labour party want to scrap immigration controls and give every foreign national the right to vote.
“The whole point of Brexit is to take back control. We must deliver Brexit by 31st October, bringing an end to freedom of movement, and introduce our own immigration controls.”
“And how on earth are we going to pay for this? We want fair immigration, that is fair to the taxpayer.”
The motion commits the Labour party to the proposals in its next election manifesto – totally reversing its 2017 manifesto pledge to bring an end to freedom of movement. If elected, it urges Labour to:
Defend the right of EU migrants to live and work in the EU under free movement rules
Give the vote to all migrants in the UK
Reject any immigration system based on quotas, caps, targets or incomes
Close all migrant detention centres
Guarantee the unconditional right to family reunion visas for migrants from outside the EU
End “no recourse to public funds” policies, which prevent some immigrants from claiming benefits
Scrap so-called “hostile environment” policies, which restrict access to accommodation and the NHS
MickyB77
2019-09-27 13:42:37
Really, add this to the referendum. These Marxists are forever whinging, build more houses, cut the working week and give more power to the unions. This country is snowed under with people who can't find anywhere to live, because of Bliars' policies. How can we cope with another untold number of immigrants ? Labour really does bring POVERTY to the working classes, and this little scheme will make sure that the country will sink into, who knows what .
Gary
2019-09-27 18:34:23
Another misleading story from a mendacious party and then add the nonsense from MickyB77 and you get the start of what will be a dirty election campaign. MickyB77 do you know what Marxism represents or are you just repeating the nonsense from a Tory newsletter. And we know they haven't been completely factual lately.
kthe5
2019-09-27 20:34:47
Mickey, given recent events I thought you might tone down your usual vitriol. Oh well, maybe next time. It has been shown statistically many times over that immigration is positive in the long term. Dispite what the right wing press might say (how is Lady Di these days?), the vast, vast majoritory of migrants get jobs and pay taxes. I believe it has been long estabished that if you pay taxes, you should have the right to have a say how they are spent. I have an idea it may have started with a meeting near Slough, near the M4/M25 a few years ago. Simply giving the franchise to those who pay taxes and contribute positivly to society as a whole would cost somwhat less than say, a bridge in the Irish Sea over a WW2 arms dump. Or giving tax breaks to the already higher paid (e.g travel firm executives). Gary - "And we know they haven’t been completely factual lately." I always like an understatement.
tenpin
2019-09-27 22:53:23
Yet another post from Gary and kthe5, which try and present information as fact in the hope that it will be believed and not be challenged. It is a fact that long term, massive immigration will lead to a pension crisis dwarfing the one we face now as millions of the young immigrants of today reach retirement age. It is a fact that in the meantime every public service is stretched to breaking point simply because the resources are not there to meet uncontrolled demand simply because it cannot be planned for. This is no fault of immigrants and no blame can be attached to them, everyone wants a better life for themselves and their family. It is our politicians who have no regard to what is happening to their constituents who are the problem. As for giving migrants the right to vote, does this happen in any other country? It's a fact that the Labour Party has shifted to an ultra left wing Party with Momentum members including those in Harlow leading the way. The Conservative Party must be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of a General Election, whilst talking to life long Labour voters this lunchtime, they say they will never vote Labour again and all heaped praise on Boris for standing up for this country.
Gary
2019-09-28 06:02:09
" It’s a fact that the Labour Party has shifted to an ultra left wing Party with Momentum members including those in Harlow leading the way." Did I say this would be a dirty election: Yes. And the above nonsense is just proof of it. Firstly, tell what is meant by "ultra left wing"? If you are not careful I could suggest you are MickyB77 in disguise. Secondly, please could you put names to those "Momentum members in Harlow leading the way"? I suspect not given current libel laws. And then we get "whilst talking to life long Labour voters this lunchtime, they say they will never vote Labour again and all heaped praise on Boris for standing up for this country" nonsense. If you want to set up as a poor version of You Gov perhaps you should ask "Boris" who apparently likes giving money away. Not his of course.
MickyB77
2019-09-28 06:09:33
More plagiarised figures and rubbish from the the confused, kthe5. " I thought you " etc. Typical, except that you and the Marxist Gary, are a little short on truth and fact, as usual. Looking forward to an election are you, to see if Steptoe Corbyn gets hammered ? I certainly am.
Gary
2019-09-28 07:27:42
MickyB77 what does being a Marxist mean? You don't know do you? All you do is repeat yourself or a out of date Tory leaflet. I also think using insults about people is pathetic and shows a lack of integrity.
tenpin
2019-09-28 08:49:58
Gary, Just to be clear, so that you don't go off on another tangent, readers will take it that you agree with these new policies if a Labour Government is ever elected? I understand that at least 4 Harlow Councillors in Harlow are members of momentum as is the Labour candidate for Parliament (she did not deny this on these pages when I asked her earlier this year). Nationalise anything that moves, close public schools and seize their assets, force the sale of homes to tenants in the private sector, deselect moderate councillors who disagree with momentum across the Country, free movement, close detention centres ... .. I would suggest demonstrates the Parties shift to the left. I suggest you get out more Gary and go and speak to people on the doorstep like I do, even those who voted remain are disgusted by what both parties have done in the last 3 years. I believe the Labour Party are in for a big shock when an election is held (and many of their MP's know it). What is ironic about all this is that Momentum pledge to "build power in communities" but Harlow Labour did not properly involve Harlow residents when compiling their Local Plan, are still failing to do so in respect of the transport corridors criss crossing the town and completely ignore questions from the Harlow Alliance Party raised on yourharlow. Cllr Purton said at one of our first public meetings that they did not carry out more extensive consultation because "it would not have made any difference". Had they done so they might have found like HAP have just how un-popular both main Parties are.
Gary
2019-09-28 09:38:01
Firstly tenpin what is "ultra left wing"? I didn't see an answer. The Labour party is a left-wing socialist party and despite Blair, it still is. Still no names to those apparently Momentum members "who are leading the way", to what? As for policies perhaps you should find out what the policy agenda is before listing inaccurate and misleading versions. Why should Harlow Labour respond to the Harlow Alliance Party? Their policy agenda was not accepted by the electorate at the last local elections, weren't they? However, if you want answers to your concerns about Harlow Council you know what to do, don't you? And finally, if the Labour Party is in for a "big shock" then so be it, but remember they said the same in 2017. The slurs, abuse and defamation were all used and it failed.
tenpin
2019-09-28 11:57:16
Well Gary, readers will make their own minds up about the merit of our posts. I seem to remember that the names of the four Cllrs were made public earlier this year. As for policies, take a look at the Local Labour party website, they do not have any local policies. I would remind you that HAP polled 550 votes in 2018 but 1333 in 2019 in just 4 wards, residents have the right to know the answers to these questions, and by not replying they, the Labour Group are clearly trying to avoid the uncomfortable questions that we have raised in the last 20 months, just as you do. Going to Council meetings where hardly anyone attends and being to only ask two questions per meeting per month is no way to run a council. One of the mis-information you peddled some weeks ago was that the Conservatives closed the Neighbourhood Offices in 2003 when in power when in fact it was the Labour Group that did this in 2000 to 2002. Prior to that hundreds of residents attended area committees and could scrutinise the work of the council, see senior officers (try doing that now!). You might think that in view of Momentum's pledge to build communities that the Council would be re-opening area offices and starting up area committees but they clearly do not want to open themselves up to scrutiny..... just look at Prentice Place for example! END
Gary
2019-09-28 14:41:55
The end? No this is just the start.
UKMaverick785
2019-09-29 00:18:56
Frankly it's just more ridiculous, undeliverable and unaffordable drivel coming out of Labour day after day! The idea of totally open borders could well be the nail in the coffin.....
MickyB77
2019-09-29 15:35:28
New hospital for Harlow, Gary, so all the un-founded remarks made by you and your shadow, kthe5, about the Tories, is as much fantasia as the Marxists that follow, Corbynski. If you're a gambling man, stick a few quid on the Tories to waltz the next election.
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