Diane Abbott Slams Keir Starmer's Immigration Speech For Being 'Fundamentally Racist'

Keir Starmer and Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott has declared that Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” immigration speech was “fundamentally racist” and copying Reform UK’s rhetoric.

The prime minister sparked comparisons right-wing former Tory minister Enoch Powell after he announced Labour’s plans to slash the number of migrants coming to the UK last month.

At the time, he said: “In a diverse nation like ours, and I celebrate that, these rules become even more important.

“Without them...