"Someone like Farage is 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 sure on what he thinks about everything. If you aren't - he'll drag you into territory you don't like." Lewis Goodall says Labour is taking Reform's election wins as a clear message to address immigration.

@lewis_goodall The worst thing Lab could do is try and appease Farage/Reform.

@lewis_goodall Labour need to improve people’s lives by addressing the root cause of their concerns (housing, GP appointments, education). In so doing, people will move away from the focus on immigration. And Reform becomes irrelevant.

@lewis_goodall The British media have long been desperate to create a British Le Pen.

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@lewis_goodall No, no, no. Starmer needs to address the cost of living and public services. Do that and the scapegoat of immigration will diminish. Get it the other way around and it'll be the same fate as the Tories.

@lewis_goodall @lewis_goodall your analysis is almost as good as your tie.

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@lewis_goodall The way they do it is key. Embolden and legitimise the right by going hard, or invest in those communities most affected and promote the positives to pull the rug from under the right? I hope for the latter, I worry for the former.

@lewis_goodall What Labour should do on immigration is - normalise it. Look at the polls of what the general public think, restart the systems the Tories switched off, and treat Reform as the weird extremists they are. It's going to be a century of migration. We should get our head screwed on.

@lewis_goodall Why is the British media obsessed by Farage. People & political parties can be concerned about the complete breakdown of legal migration routes combined with record amounts of people seeking either asylum or economic migration with out backing reform. How Farage influence’s…