Stefan Rousseau via PA Wire/PA ImagesDowning Street has failed to back Suella Braverman’s use of the word “invasion” when talking about immigration, after the home secretary was confronted by a Holocaust survivor. Braverman was told her rhetoric about migrants was similar to that used by the Nazis. The Home Office has demanded Freedom From Torture, which posted the video, remove it on the grounds it “misrepresents the interaction”. I don’t have anything to add to that.”AdvertisementBraverman initially used the word “invasion” in the Commons in October during a debate on the number of small boats cross the English Channel from France. “And I won’t apologise for the language that I’ve used to demonstrate the scale of the problem.

Source: Huffington Post January 16, 2023 21:17 UTC