Lib Dems toughen up immigration rhetoric as Sir Ed Davey pledges to 'stop the boats'

The media has claimed the Lib Dems have ‘toughened’ their stance on immigration – have they really?

Sky News declared yesterday that Ed Davey’s Lib Dems have ‘toughen[ed] up’ their rhetoric and stance on immigration. Yesterday, Ed Davey told Sky News the Lib Dems will discuss how they will “stop the boats” at conference, with the political reporter writing that he had “hardened his tone on the subject”. Speaking with the Lib Dem spokesperson for Home Affairs, Lisa Smart MP, who announced the party’s policy to create more Nightingale centres to…

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