Shabana needs to be tough like Arnie
NEW Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has no time to lose.
She has built a reputation as an immigration hardliner from the right wing of the Labour Party and is nicknamed The Terminator.
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So her appointment, in the reshuffle forced on Sir Keir Starmer by Angela Rayner’s resignation, was a clear sign of intent.
But she has been parachuted into the middle of the Government’s biggest political crisis zone.
A chaotic year of ineffective posturing saw an astonishing 111,000 asylum applications pile up after Sir Keir ditched the Rwanda deterrent.
Nigel Farage’s Reform have swept into this policy vacuum and seized the initiative.
Little wonder that a new poll puts them on course for Number Ten.
The new Home Secretary says she has no choice but to deliver.
She is right to call for legal migrants to put more into society if they want to have leave to remain here.
But voters want fast action on stopping the boats and kicking out those who should not be here.
Ms Mahmood has ordered reviews of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Modern Slavery Act.
Now she must bang heads together to deliver them early.
Thousands have dodged deportation because of these two legal millstones around the Government’s neck.
If Ms Mahmood wants to succeed, she needs to quickly live up to her Terminator reputation.
By saying Hasta La Vista to those here illegally.
Air Miles Miliband
ED MILIBAND’S reckless rush to Net Zero is already costing households dear.
This month, regulator Ofgem said Labour’s obsession with wind and solar power will see electricity prices hiked by almost £100 by 2031.
Now, as we reveal today, the Energy Secretary has himself clocked up 50,000 miles on globe-trotting flights since Labour came to power.
Forget his Red Ed nickname. It should now be Air Miles Miliband after he enjoyed carbon-busting jollies to India, China, Brazil and the US.
All this from a politician who in opposition urged voters to cut their use of flights.
To offset hypocrite Miliband’s globe-trotting would require 1,200 trees to be planted.
And that’s before you deal with the hot air he spouts.