Home secretary says she was 'thoughtful' about language on immmigrationpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Today Programme
BBC Radio 4
Today presenter Nick Robinson asks Amber Rudd whether the language used on immigration could appear "to put up a sign to people saying 'you're not welcome here'" or might encourage people to say: "Go home, you're doing my job?"
"But isn't that disgraceful, though?" the home secretarty responds, adding: "I don't think we should have a situation where we can't talk about immigration.
"But yes, I am aware of the language."
She said she was "thoughtful about not falling into that trap" when preparing her speech but argues:
Quote MessageWe mustn't shy away from having this sort of conversation because we know if we do, it just pops up later in a more difficult way."