Post by cenydd on Oct 22, 2013 16:13:53 GMT
Theresa May has said vans telling illegal immigrants to "go home" or face arrest will not be rolled out across the UK.
A trial of the controversial vans in London is still being evaluated.
But the home secretary told MPs she accepted they had "not been a good idea" and were too much of a "blunt instrument".
Labour said Mrs May must take responsibility for the "complete failure" of the policy.
Explaining her decision to ditch the campaign in the Commons, the home secretary said: "What I've done is looked at the interim evaluation in relation to the plans - and there were some returns achieved as a result of that.
"Politicians should be willing to step up to the plate and say when they think something actually hasn't been as good an idea, and I think they were too blunt an instrument."
A trial of the controversial vans in London is still being evaluated.
But the home secretary told MPs she accepted they had "not been a good idea" and were too much of a "blunt instrument".
Labour said Mrs May must take responsibility for the "complete failure" of the policy.
Explaining her decision to ditch the campaign in the Commons, the home secretary said: "What I've done is looked at the interim evaluation in relation to the plans - and there were some returns achieved as a result of that.
"Politicians should be willing to step up to the plate and say when they think something actually hasn't been as good an idea, and I think they were too blunt an instrument."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24624383
And she didn't think they were 'too blunt an instrument' at the time, as well as being downright offensive?! Shocking idiocy from the Tories.
Wonder how she is enjoying having Norman Baker in the department!
