Robert Jenrick’s Flaw In Migration Attack On Burnham Exposed

Robert Jenrick’s attack on Andy Burnham’s pro-migration stance has one rather substantial problem: the Reform MP’s own time in office.

Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is hoping to be selected as Labour’s candidate in the upcoming Makerfield by-election.

If victorious in the selection process and at the Makerfield ballot box, Burnham is expected to try and oust Keir Starmer from No.10.

But Reform won all eight wards in the constituency during the local election earlier this month – and so the party is already trying to demolish the mayor’s reputation.

In a social media video, Jenrick claimed: “If Burnham wins, a million low skilled migrants will be allowed to stay and get British citizenship in the next few years.

“And he won’t stop the boats. Instead he will put them in bedsits on your street. To pay for it all? He’ll have to hike your taxes.”

Burnham has previously criticised the Labour government’s migrants reforms after Shabana Mahmood announced plans to force asylum seekers to wait 20 years to gain permanent residency in Britain instead of five years.

But online critics could not help point out an inconsistency in Jenrick’s line of attack.

Though Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson now, the Newark MP used to serve as the immigration minister under the Conservatives.

During his tenure – October 2022 until December 2023 – net migration sky-rocketed, peaking at 944,000 in the year ending March 2023.

Jenrick did resign under Rishi Sunak, insisting the Rwanda deportation plan did not go far enough to tackle illegal immigration.

But, social media users have pointed out that Jenrick vowed to procure even more asylum hotels when he first got the job in November – rather undermining his line of attack towards Burnham.

Others were simply exasperated at Reform focusing on migration once again…