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Cooper backs PM over 'island of strangers' remark

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Prime Minister said UK risked becoming an 'island of strangers' without stricter controls.

Yvette Cooper has defended the language used by Sir Keir Starmer in a speech to cut immigration.

She rejected a comparison made by a small number of Labour MPs to the language of Enoch Powell .

Some Labour MPs have accused the PM of using the phrase to stoke more division.

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79

Informative language

78

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36

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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