Source: CT

Lammy said of the prime minister: ‘Theresa May feels like a politician with no conviction. She blows with the wind. She is a politician who is pragmatic to the point of weakness. Does she stand for something? And if she does then she should explain what she stands for – she should apologise or resign.

‘Theresa May is not behaving like a Christian – this is not Christian, what has happened. These are not the Christian values I learned at Sunday school.’

Lammy was speaking as church leaders across the UK condemned the government’s handling of thousands of people from around the Commonwealth came to the UK after the Second World War to fill a labour shortage. The 1971 Immigration Act ended the free movement between Commonwealth nations that had existed until that point but gave all Commonwealth citizens living in the UK the right to remain. However the Home Office did not keep a record of those given leave to remain meaning they now find themselves having to prove they are here legally without having the paperwork to do so.

‘Right across the country people of all political persuasions are all offended by the stories that are coming out,’ said Lammy.

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