The home secretary is delivering a speech on migration in Washington DC; Sir Ed Davey's headline pledge to voters in his address at the Lib Dem annual conference was on cancer treatment - and the Tories were the focus of his ire.
Citing her own Indian background, Suella Braverman says opposing vast migration"does not make one anti-immigrant. Nor does it mean that you’re anti-immigration".The home secretary asserts that there is an"optimal level of immigration" that is"not zero".
She says the"ease" of getting to Europe"poses a unique and deepening challenge", adding that European nations are"exceptionally attractive". She says people are immigrating and then leading"parallel lives", rather than integrating:"They could be in the society but not of the society. She says countries that"cannot defend their borders will not long survive", and says nations with uncontrolled borders"will not maintain the consent of the people, and this not long endure".
Citing illegal migration into the US as well, she describes illegal migration as a"permanent and structural challenge for the developed nations in general, and the West in particular". Follow live coverage of the speech right here in the Politics Hub, watch it live in the stream at the top of the page, or watch using the link below.Lib Dems are determined to translate recent by-election wins into more widespread gains at an election
But crucially it's also about barely mentioning others - for that, see the tension on show between members and party HQ over the lack of emphasis being placed on the long-term policy to re-join the EU.But the lack of some detail and costings around the key policy announcement of a cancer guarantee points to a possible criticism of this broader plan.
"Millions of people, powerless and excluded. Robbed of their rightful say and unable to hold the powerful to account.""Their constant attacks on the rule of law and traditional British freedoms. Their betrayal of integrity, truth and honesty.
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