Several local politicians from opposition parties have defied Salvini's anti-migrant policies.

For years, Jeremy Corbyn stood almost alone against the anti-migrant policies of New Labour.

The inconsistency exposes just how opportunistic the supposed "populism" of anti-migrant policies is.

Tory defectors voted for their government's draconian anti-migrant policies, which led, of course, to the Windrush scandal.