By Minesh Parekh

When Keir Starmer first announced the Labour Party would have a 'zero tolerance of antisemitism, of racism, of discrimination of any kind', I wonder if he had any idea how his time as Prime Minister might unfold.

Starmer turning to racism to prop up his failing leadership is a new low. He must go.

When Keir Starmer first announced the Labour Party would have a 'zero tolerance of antisemitism, of racism, of discrimination of any kind', I wonder if he had any idea how his time as Prime Minister might unfold.

Whether he even thought it possible that he might one day make his "island of strangers" speech, or be forced to apologise for having channelled Enoch Powell?

That he would turn to demonising some of the most vulnerable people in our society to prop up his failing leadership, after consistently tanking in the polls?

On Sunday we woke up to the news that the government would be stripping away rights from people seeking asylum, including making access to housing and social support ‘discretionary’, and all but ending routes to permanent........

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