On immigration, Labour seems poised to learn the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory - and make the far right more likely to win in the UK, too. But there's a different path.
 

The Migration Museum sits in one of London's most diverse neighbourhoods, once the scene of fierce clashes with the Far Right. A new, timely installation opened last week - we went to take a look.

The Lead speaks to three asylum seeking and refugee women about their experiences of the violence seen across the country in the past week.

Anti-immigrant rhetoric isn’t acceptable in any form. Ceding ground on this issue sets a ticking time bomb.

The 28-day move-on period was designed to make the refugee settlement process as hostile and unpleasant as possible to “deter” future arrivals.

Campaigners worry women seeking asylum are being harmed and wrongly refused claims for protection.

Ostensibly, these people are detained to be deported. In truth, they are held because Sunak believes that publicly showing people being taken from their homes in handcuffs and loaded into vans makes for effective campaign footage.

Starmer's speech on Friday is further proof Labour would, actually, be an improvement over the Tories - but in its current form, these changes should only the the beginning of much deeper asylum reform. 

Suella Braverman can rant all she likes: The anti-immigration blitz failed to save Conservative seats in the local elections, and won't work in the general election either. Labour can now afford to go on the attack - rejecting the very premise of immigration as a threat, and focusing on what people really want: a hopeful, positive, inspiring vision for the future. 

The bill has damaged the relationship between the justice system and government; it has created a new form of legislation designed to bypass reality itself.