All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
GULCIN OZDEMIR’S parents arrived in Islington in the 1990s. Like thousands of other Kurdish people, they had fled conflict and persecution in Turkey.
Risking their lives to travel across Europe, they came to Britain in the hope of securing a happier and safer life. But their struggle for sanctuary was far from over.
Not long after their arrival, immigration officials threatened to send them back home — a home defined by statelessness and oppression.
MARJORIE MAYO recommends a highly useful guide to the benefits and hazards of different approaches to immigration
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues


