{"id":317618,"date":"2026-02-13T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/need-to-focus-on-issues-not-language-in-immigration-debate-says-senior-tory\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:00:43","slug":"need-to-focus-on-issues-not-language-in-immigration-debate-says-senior-tory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/need-to-focus-on-issues-not-language-in-immigration-debate-says-senior-tory\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to focus on issues not language in immigration debate, says senior Tory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oIPOuAEZ94U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Need to focus on issues not language in immigration debate, says senior Tory\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oIPOuAEZ94U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Shadow energy and equalities secretary Claire Coutinho has told Sky News that a &quot;focus on language&quot; in debating immigration is stopping discussion on the &quot;substantive point&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>She was responding to Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s comments where he said the UK has been &quot;colonised by immigrants&quot; &#8211; and his subsequent apology citing &quot;my choice of language has offended some people&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Coutinho said that while she wouldn&#8217;t have used Ratcliffe&#8217;s language and understands why some people are offended, she said: &quot;Whenever people try and talk about immigration&#8230; lots of people then focus on language. We have a big debate about the words that are used, and it means that we never really get onto the substantive point.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And the substantive point, which I think lots of people in the country feel, is that not only has immigration been too high, but particularly in certain areas, integration has been lacking.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read the latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-mandelson-starmer-mcsweeney-epstein-files-labour-leader-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#jimratcliffe #immigration #tories #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shadow energy and equalities secretary Claire Coutinho has told Sky News that a &quot;focus on language&quot; in debating immigration is stopping discussion on the &quot;substantive point&quot;. 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