In the manner of The Italian Job , the new Home Secretary had clearly decided to blow all the bloody doors off asylum and immigration policy- and shout loudly about it.

Tearing up many decades of accumulated customs and practices and portending more legal changes to come, Shabana Mahmood wanted her colleagues and the rest of us to know that Britain is set to become one of the most uninviting places in Europe for those who do not squeeze through a tight UK asylum window. That will be a massive task for this parliament – and decide her party’s future in power

On Monday in the Commons and in subsequent interviews, she pitched a sweep of measures many MPs on her own side would’ve deemed either impractical, unnecessary, or even cruel before the last election. Essentially, she is the outride

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