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'This daughter of immigrants needs no lectures from the north London, metropolitan, liberal elite' said Priti Patel before declaring she'd introduce an Australian points based system which would literally have prevented her parents coming to live in this country 1/2
Patel's parents moved here from Uganda and set up a chain of newsagents. They are the very essence of what hard working immigrants can do to improve a country and provide vital services. But they would have failed the points based system.
Neither of her parents went to university. Her Mum had a job sewing, her Dad had a job at a Kodak factory. They sought a better life for themselves. They moved to the UK and set up a successful business. Fantastic. Now their daughter seeks to stop others doing the same
The difference between Priti Patel and me is that I'd love to welcome immigrants like her parents while she'd like to stop them coming.
Yes more than 2 tweets.
