Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Isabel Oakeshott's nonsense article in the Daily Telegraph" video.

  1. Imagine showing up to a casualty department, horribly wounded and a crash team of doctors rushes out to treat you, but just before they start life saving treatment they say, “This was a road traffic accident, right? If it was anything else, we’re not treating you. In fact, if it was any other form of incident we’re calling the police and having you locked up indefinitely in a special prison in which the conditions are of a notably lower standard than regular prison.” Does that sound hyperbolic, arbitrary and extreme to you? I hope so. But, to anyone arguing that the way Tory policies and attitudes treat asylum seekers is any different from the above analogy, I defy you to explain to me, how so? Deeming an asylum seeker as, “illegal,” on the basis of the mode of transport they used is comprehensively ludicrous, arbitrary and wilfully cruel. I would argue that even attempting to do so should be outlawed, as it flies in the face of international and domestic laws in both spirit and letter, and is simply vindictive. Labour has always made this argument, if somewhat weakly, which is why they say they should target the traffickers and NOT the trafficked. It is also illogical, since our country actually NEEDS MORE migrants, not fewer! This vile woman should be vilified for her article, as should the rag that published it.
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