04/05/2026 10:47
The Guardian
Nigel Farage’s party proposed to place detention centres in places that vote for Green council leaders or MPsLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.The Scottish Greens’ co-leader, Ross Greer, has dismissed Reform UK’s plan to host migrant detention facilities in constituencies that have voted for Green representation (see 10.48am) as “pathetic” and “Trumpesque”. He said:Reform are now openly threatening voters and not only that they’re threatening them with a power they don’t actually have. This is absolutely pathetic. People across Scotland are proud of the fact that this is a welcoming country that shows solidarity to people who need it.Reform are essentially saying ‘If you don’t vote the way we want you to, we will punish you’. I think the people of Scotland and voters across the UK are not going to take kindly to that kind of Donald Trumpesque threat.Reform know that absolutely bombed last week. The only thing they’ve got to move on to are open threats, not against the Greens but against voters across the country. It’s really quite sinister. This is exactly the kind of politics you see in Donald Trump’s America. People across Scotland are going to reject that on Thursday.Another significant evolution in Reform’s style of politics. Its proposed internment camps will only be built in parts of the country that vote for its rivals.This is a new departure for UK politics: rejecting the idea of PM-for-all and instead a new partisan style.I think most British people believe in the basic principle that no matter who you vote for, the government will treat you equally under the law. Yusuf’s plan to put detention camps in Green voting areas violates that. It is trolling as public policy and I think will damage ReformThe practical and legal problems seem insuperable. No non Reform local council would agree to it. So it’s not really a serious policy.The biggest concentrations of illegal migrants are almost certainly in the cities. You shouldn’t confuse them with the asylum seekers being accommodated in hostels. It’s likely that potential Green voters are already living among them. Continue reading...
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