Imagine you are a mother who has worked hard, played by the rules and saved every penny. You finally fulfil your dream of buying a slice of countryside paradise: a charming home in a peaceful village, surrounded by nature, where your children can enjoy a happy upbringing away from the horrors of busy cities. It is the life you always imagined for your family.

Then the Labour government intervenes. It looks at you and decides that your family’s peace and security are secondary to the immigration chaos it has created. Your bubble will be burst to accommodate thousands of unvetted men from countries where the treatment of women is often closer to that of dogs than men.

That the potential 3,500 arrivals would outnumber the 350 residents of your Oxfordshire village by ten to one is apparently by the by. Concerns about sexual violence and assault must be set aside because ‘everyone must play their part’ in housing and feeding economic migrants who need to be told that raping a baby or forcing themselves upon a woman is not acceptable behaviour in Britain.

This government has an increasingly contemptuous attitude towards women’s basic rights and safety

This government has an increasingly contemptuous attitude........

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