Minister Tom Pursglove spins unconvincing tale as he steers borders bill through Commons
The UK has a long and proud tradition of welcoming refugees, said the Home Office minister Tom Pursglove as he opened the debate on the consideration of House of Lords amendments to the nationality and borders bill. He went on to single out the Kindertransport, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
It sounded wonderful, only none of it was quite true. The Kindertransport became part of our history because we weren’t quite so welcoming to Jewish men and women in the late 1930s.
