Good Morning Britain delivered a fresh update on the government’s ‘one in one out’ migrant agreement with France on Tuesday morning.
GMB’s migrant report has sparked fury(Image: ITV)
Good Morning Britain sparked widespread rage among its ITV viewers after it issued an update on the government’s recent ‘one in one out’ migrant deal with France. During Tuesday’s broadcast on September, reporter Louisa James announced live from Downing Street that not a single migrant boat had returned back to France since the agreement between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron was signed.
It comes after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper revealed fresh plans to handle the immigration crisis, including a temporary ban on the families of people granted asylum from coming to the UK. Louisa reported: “The Prime Minister announcing that he wants to bring forward his pledge to close all asylum hotels, the Home Secretary also admitting that it won’t be until later this month that the first migrants are deported.”
As the ITV show delivered the update, viewers raced to social media to express their anger, the Express reports. One viewer fumed: “All soundbites. If they wanted to stop them coming they would. It really is not hard to prevent them entering British waters.”
Another chimed in: “As expected. No surprise at all. Useless Home Secretary and a PM that seems to love putting the British people second.”
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A third remarked: “Just more lies from labour.”
Meanwhile, a fourth echoed: “This is a total disaster I do not think the government has a clue what do and is too weak We are a total joke free accommodation and food plus pocket money the risk is perceived lower making the journey across the channel money being spent abhorrent.”
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Somebody else exclaimed: “Lies, lies, lies, lies, This bunch of traitors that call themselves government are doing their best to destroy this country. They need to be stopped and quick. It’s embarrassing, and they’re making our country a laughing stock. People have had enough.”
During the broadcast, Louisa continued: “The message from the Prime Minister is that they are in what he calls phase two of government, and that means they are … turbo charging delivery of the British people.
“That began with the government trying to take the microphone back from Nigel Farage’s Reform Party on the subject of immigration.”
This comes as Starmer will have his first cabinet meeting if the Parliament term today, following its summer recess.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, the Prime Minister claims that he recognises the public’s “frustration” and insisted the first year of his government had been about “fixing the foundations”.
He insisted that it will now go “further and faster” to deliver change.
On top of the government’s changes to the family reunion rules for refugees, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will be granted the power to veto any changes to sentencing guidelines proposed by an independent body, over claims it amounted to “two-tier” justice.
The Sentencing Council said in April that a pre-sentence report, the results of which are taken into account when considering a criminal’s sentence, would “usually be necessary” before confirming punishment for anyone from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority.