US Immigration Policy

Dennis Skinner Excerpts

Monday 30th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Boris Johnson]

We understand the threat from jihadists both at home and abroad, so it is ever more vital that we work with our American friends to combat that threat.

[Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab)]

Will the Foreign Secretary for a moment try to recall, along with me, what it was like as I hid under the stairs when two fascist dictators, Mussolini and Hitler, rained bombs on towns and cities in Britain? Now this Government are hand in hand with another fascist, Trump. I say to the Foreign Secretary: do the decent thing and ban the visit. This man is not fit to walk in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela.

[Boris Johnson]

I hesitate to say it, but the hon. Gentleman’s memory is at fault if he thinks that Mussolini rained bombs on this country. I hear the comparison that he makes, but I do not accept it; I believe that it is in our interest to work with our American friends and partners, to show our disquiet where appropriate, and to get the best deal for UK nationals and dual nationals.