Lord Harris of Haringey
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(7 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab)
My Lords, it is not simply a question of the referendum campaign making xenophobia and racism respectable again; this is also the responsibility of the Minister’s right honourable friends in the other place who have consistently pandered to this in exactly the same way—for example, the right honourable Theresa May and the campaigns run by the Home Office against illegal immigrants. The Prime Minister’s intervention in the mayoral election in London, talking about extremists, was all part of the same picture. Is there not a pattern which has led to this increase in xenophobic incidents in the last few weeks?
Lord Keen of Elie
With respect to the noble Lord, nothing makes xenophobia and racism respectable, least of all the referendum.