Tag: sajid javid

Dinghies, Warships and Windrush: the Politics of Migration in 2019

In December 114 people attempted to cross the channel, that compares to 6,912 people who attempted to cross the Mediterranean in the same month. So why all the fuss? Michael is joined by Omar Khan and Dalia Gebrial to discuss the UK’s warped view of migration, and why, only months after the Windrush scandal, the […]
The Global Refugee Crisis is at Our Shores, and We Need to Take It Seriously
As Sajid Javid calls migrants crossing the Channel a "major incident", it’s easy for the left to want to dismiss his reaction as hyperbolic. But with thousands risking death to reach Europe each year this clearly is a crisis-level situation, and we must be making bold arguments for how the global response should be reconfigured.
Amber Rudd is a Symbol of a Failed, Feral Political Class – Her Resignation Must Be Just the Beginning
While the view among ‘moderate Conservatives’ is that Amber Rudd’s resignation is a blow to progressives everywhere, her track record reveals a mediocre politician with no discernible moral principles. In fact, the Tory party has no progressives at all, argues Aaron Bastani.
New Face at the Home Office, But No New Answers to Knife Crime
Sajid Javid is now at the helm of the government’s ‘serious violence strategy’, launched in March to address the UK's knife crime epidemic. But just because he’s the first BME home secretary it doesn’t mean he’ll implement the multi-agency reforms needed to tackle the problem, argues Huda Elmi.