Badenoch Backs Trump-Style Travel Bans
Kemi Badenoch has backed Trump-style, country-wide travel bans as part of a crackdown on illegal migration as she confirmed it was “likely” Britain would need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, saying the UK was being “mugged” by illegal immigration. The Telegraph has more.
The Tory leader said there were “scenarios” where such travel bans would be “viable” following Donald Trump’s announcement this week to impose a blanket bar on arrivals from 12 countries.
Her comments came as she confirmed it was “likely” Britain would need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), saying the UK was being “mugged” by illegal immigration and could not continue to be the “world’s softest touch”.
She branded Reform UK a “Left-wing party” and, amid speculation about her future as leader, admitted she needed to improve, saying “it actually takes quite a while to learn” how to be leader of the Opposition.
Asked about Mr Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries, Ms Badenoch said: “Parliament needs to be able to decide who comes into the country, for how long, and who needs to leave, and that does include travel bans.
“On a country-specific basis it’s much tougher, it’s often more vague. But I think there are scenarios where that is viable. That doesn’t mean that I agree with what Donald Trump has done, I haven’t actually seen the list of countries that he’s banned people from. I’m much more focused on… what’s happening here.”
The White House ban has targeted countries that pose a terror threat to the US, have a “historic failure to accept back” migrants earmarked for deportation, or whose nationals “pose significant risks” of overstaying their visas.
“The overarching point is that governments should have the ability to do these things if the circumstances require it,” said a senior Tory source.
Ms Badenoch confirmed that a Tory government would resurrect Rwanda-style deportation schemes, where migrants who arrive illegally are denied asylum and removed to a third country, or returned to their home nation.
“Britain is being mugged,” she told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute think tank. “Our asylum system is completely broken and will require a fundamental rebuild so that the British government, not people traffickers, control it.
“That means a total end to asylum claims in this country by illegal immigrants, and immediately removing all those who arrive illegally and try to claim asylum.”
She dismissed suggestions by Alain Berset, the head of the Council of Europe, that the ECHR must adapt, with “no taboo” on rewriting its rules. She said previous attempts at reform had been thwarted, and noted Mr Berset had admitted any change would be “difficult” and “complex”.
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Trump is pretty weak and obtuse but this woman is next level. Funny though that she would try such a cheap trick in order to play to the gallery. It might make more sense if they were popular. And these people claim to be Englishmen. You would have been put in a retarded class not that long ago for having an IQ like this one.
This all seems rather muddled to me.
I’m not sure what travel bans have to do with illegal immigration. How does a travel ban solve the problem of illegal immigration? If anything it would affect LEGAL migration. But then I don’t know how it affects that either. Visitors from the kind of countries you’d put a ban on probably require visas, so you can just deny visa applications if you don’t want them to come. If you want to ban the whole country, just don’t give out any visas.
To me it all looks a lot like politicians trying to look hard and decisive. Basically a big PR exercise. In Trump’s case maybe to distract from something else. Here in the UK, probably to look like they’re really going to tackle immigration this time. Promise.
I think you’re probably correct. It’s likely politicians reacting to statistics like the one from the Dodderinggraph yesterday in order to look tough on immigration for reasons of domestic policy. Even talking about illegal immigration is already a red herring. While that’s undoubtly an issue in need to being deal with, legal immigration dwarves illegal immigration by a large margin.
As I wrote in a comment to an article of yesterday: Practical experiences show that immigration reduces overall population quality because the percentage of undesirables among immigrants is higher. This mean it should – at best – be regarded as a necessary evil to be restricted to the minimum feasible amount and overcome where possible.
This links very nicely with digital ID. How convenient.
Badenuff is spinning here. Absolute BS.
It may reduce illegal immigration in so far as people with visas from certain countries might overstay and become illegal. I think the argument is also about vetting and people from certain countries being more like to pose a danger to the public. I doubt it will make much difference to the numbers in the US or here though.
“she told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute think tank” Obviously has her finger on the pulse of popular politics.
Any sane, non-treasonous leader would do as Trump has done. In fact, any sane, patriotic leader would carry on following suit and mass deport all illegals and anyone who has citizenship but has committed a crime, but when will this mythical day come when the UK leaves the ECHR? This is the issue. Don’t insult our intelligence and make out like it’s super complicated. TPTB don’t want to, it’s as simple as that. ”Even Starmer no longer dares peddle such bare-faced lies. Immigration is essentially a post-1945 phenomenon (numbers before then are negligible), and it is a huge strain on everything. Put bluntly, it represents an existential threat. In under 50 years, white Britains will be a minority in their own country. That signals disaster for everyone. We are fast becoming a feral society in which violence, poverty, sectarianism, criminality, misogyny, religious fundamentalism and sex abuse are the defining characteristics. No one forced catastrophe upon us. We marched it through our institutions and force-fed it to our children. Stupid, eh?” https://x.com/KiszelyPhilip/status/1930927460134117877 Richard Tice being very nonchalant about the fact white British people will be a minority in the future, all because he won’t be around then to care, seemingly. There’ll… Read more »
I’ll bet this chap does not represent your average Pakistani British Muslim. Definitely an outlier, I’d say, but very refreshing to hear somebody like this put their views across. And the subtitles are inaccurate as he’s a *legal* immigrant;
https://x.com/billymooreAPBD/status/1930976475605344307
Nice one Mogs. 👍
“LABOUR REHEATS TBI’S DIGITAL ID PLAN IN FRESH BLAIRITE PUSH”
https://order-order.com/2025/06/06/labour-reheats-tbis-digital-id-plan-in-fresh-blairite-push/#:~:text=LABOUR%20REHEATS%20TBI%E2%80%99S%20DIGITAL%20ID%20PLAN%20IN%20FRESH%20BLAIRITE%20PUSH
Bliar must be wetting himself.
It’s all about stopping “immigration.”
And if you believe that you need your bumps feeling.
If they had a full ID system in place what would it mean. Mr plod would stop people at random and wo betide those with no IzD.
Except illegals with no ID, Those the plod are instructed not to stop. All of them would be unaffected.
Rather a weak statement. This would be better:
“Parliament needs to be able to decide who comes into the country, for how long, and who will leave…”
Mrs Badenoch is trying to attract conservative voters by making promises she does not intend to keep.
In the unlikely event of the fake conservatives ever forming a government, fairly soon various legal obstacles would magically appear, making all these plans impossible.
This was their game for 14 years.
Conservative slogans, woke reality.
People abroad look at America and England now with caution and fear. Look at student applications from overseas students. Obviously I don’t approve of overseas students as cash cows but I mention this in order to indicate the dire economic consequences of this Anglo-American death ritual. You can be assured of one thing and that is when Anglo-American empire goes down it is going to take the rest of the world with it. All talk of managed decline goes out of the window when things get lively.
Grasp it now the hour is getting late. You can feel the dimming.
Think of the vimana. It is a flying machne but it can only be powered by the spiritual energy of the human being residing within. The technology of the neocon death cult is the opposite of that. It seeks to remove human agency and commits genocide by algoirithm. It is worth contemplating this juxtaposition. The Yanks could never fly a vimana.
A sinister force has come over the place and if you do truly love your country then you will set your energies on trying to understand it.
Just remember that you are being watched by inter-dimensionals and they aren’t very happy right now. I can’t think why.
Do you have it yet? Can you look in the bathroom mirror and see the dirty bastard therein?
Can I have whatever you’re smoking please mate
Oh dear. It seems that Kemi is actually a bit thick. I rated her briefly, then cooled, and this now decides the matter – she is thick.
Ha-ha! 🙂 I love it when people are blunt, concise and to the point.
You’re right— she’s as thick as mince.
Or two short planks, as they used to say.
Interesting how ardent enthusiasts for unlimited immigration find reasons to suggest restrictions when:
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They are not in office
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their vote share collapses
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they can’t think what else to say.
I really think the Tories should be true to themselves and stand by the policies they had when in office. It would be more intellectually coherent and honest.
Oh look, the gas supply has dipped again.
Lipstick on a pig politics!