The Guardian Point of Nigel Farage: Trumpism in a Union Jack | Editorial

NEagle Faraj wants you to believe that Britain can deport 288,000 people annually. This is approximately 800 per day – 30 times present The rate of revenues associated with the pearl. This is a fantasy that hides its true goal: destroying general confidence in democratic institutions, crushing legal restrictions and turning fear into power. Mr. Faraj Do not try to reform Asylum system. In fact, he wants to dismantle the political framework necessary to achieve this goal: parliamentary treaties and agreements and centuries of legal protection. In their place, a reform government will work by Fiat executive in the national discourse.

The “Justice Restore” is a higher and more extreme version than Rishi Sonak 2023 failed strategy To detain everyone, deport everyone and not treat anyone. This led to a accumulation Among the unknown asylum claims, the costs of escalating hotels and general anger – with no decrease in small boat crossings. But Mr. Faraj wants to go further. He pledges to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights (Echr); Removing the Human Rights Law to remove the legal methods of appeal; The United Nations Refugee Conference has disappeared for five years; And the exit Treaties of fighting forgery and reliability.

European Union countries have offered a degree From voluntary Restoring home or Coordinated returnsBut they are bound by legal frameworks and human rights standards. By comparison, Report UK suggests that the country leave the international legal system completely. This is the British version of Trump – Reducing anger with Inflammatory So that popular grievances justify the removal of legal and moral restrictions on the authority of the state.

Practical defects are clear. The UK has only 2,200 detention places. Mr. Faraj wants 24000. The detention centers record is an unhappy record. The deportation depends on returns deals, but there is nothing with most countries that flee people, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan. It is also unlikely that France will cooperate if Echr is declared invalid. But Mr. Faraj does not need a real plan. It needs a story. To him that Britain is invaded “Fighting men” Those threatening “our women and girls”. There are familiar degrees about the elite that protect foreigners, not the British, while “active” lawyers and foreign courts keep the country in the country. Mr. Farage is the hawk of resentment under the cover of reset.

When asked whether the deportation of people to torture or potential death has disturbed him, Mr. Faraj said yes, but what really disturbs him is the safety of a woman in Britain. It is a deviation. The leader of the UK reform did not raise this Fears He even served his agenda. This is a zero moral framing: their protection or the United States. Faragism is the opportunistic policy of anger that disguises as a principle. Shame, the popular media wears it. The work must understand the threat of what it is. This is not a political competition. It is an attack on democratic norms – the type that paves the way for repressive rule by economic elites, under the guise of national restoration. this Donald Trump. He is Mr. Farraj, too.

To overcome it, the Labor Party must provide an ethical and institutional counter -attack, with moral clarity with political competence. This means that the fastest asylum decisions, legal methods, and reliable revenue agreements, and a clear line that Britain does not deport those who flee from persecution to the path of harm. Mr. Farage’s wrong choice is between control and mercy, when Britain needs both. It is a provocation. But provocation can work in politics unless others cry out to show the country how the real leadership appears.

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