The Daily T: Can We Be Great Again? Jeremy Hunt on how to solve mass migration
Is it actually possible to solve the problem of mass migration? And more specifically, that of illegal migration? It's the policy issue that continues to sink successive governments - but Jeremy Hunt thinks he has the answer.
Along with Camilla Tominey, Jeremy is joined by former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk, and Director of the Migration Observatory, Madeleine Sumption to put his ideas for solving the problem to the test.
In this episode of The Daily T, Hunt admits that the Conservative party failed on immigration when they were in government, and that the issue was 'problematic in lots of Conservative seats' at the last general election, but also insists that 'Labour will bitterly regret cancelling the Rwanda scheme'.
As well as outlining his case for international laws and treaties to be rewritten in order to fix the current 'intolerable situation', the former chancellor also makes the point that the people most concerned about uncontrolled immigration are actually immigrants themselves, that they're 'proud to be British' and don't like the idea that 'British hospitality is being abused'.
In this special Daily T series inspired by his new book, Jeremy Hunt pitches his optimism and ideas to leading experts on how the UK can change the world for the better. From mass migration to leading the AI revolution, we ask, can we be great again?
Can We Be Great Again?: Why a Dangerous World Needs Britain, by Jeremy Hunt (Swift Press, £25), is out now. Click here to order
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