The left has fallen right into Reform’s trap
Reform UK's proposal to place migrant detention centres in Green Party-held constituencies has sparked intense backlash, which the author argues reveals hypocrisy on the left. The policy, part of a broader deportation plan, aims to hold 24,000 illegal immigrants and avoid placing facilities in Reform-supporting areas. The author contends that communities most affected by immigration have long been ignored, while elite-driven openness has gone unchallenged.
- ▪Reform UK announced a policy to build migrant detention centres in Green Party constituencies, avoiding areas where Reform holds power.
- ▪The plan includes a draft Mass Deportation Detention Act and aims to detain at least 24,000 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation.
- ▪Rupert Lowe, leader of Restore Britain, criticized the policy as 'petty nonsense' despite advocating for similarly tough migration measures.
- ▪The author argues that communities experiencing immigration impacts have been dismissed, while pro-migration sentiment has been driven by those unaffected.
- ▪Green Party supporters have promoted 'Refugees Welcome' messages in areas not actually receiving refugees.
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The left has fallen right into Reform’s trap The fury over the ‘Vote Green, get illegal migrants’ policy reveals the staggering hypocrisy of the virtue-signalling set. i Picture: x dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Gawain Towler" }) Gawain Towler 5th May 2026 i Picture: x Share Topics Polemics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. I want to be honest with you, because I think you deserve that. When I first heard about Reform UK’s new ‘Vote Green, Get Illegals’ policy – the plan to put migrant detention centres in Green-held constituencies rather than Reform ones – my instinctive reaction was discomfort. Real discomfort. I sat with it. I turned it over. I talked it through with friends, with colleagues.
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