TalkTV discuss kids sending Valentine’s Day cards to migrants

A TalkTV guest expressed her frustration over reports that children as young as five are being “asked to write Valentine’s Day cards to migrants and asylum seekers”. Last week, it was reported that pupils at schools across the UK were asked to ‘send messages of love and solidarity’ on February 14 last year by creating handmade cards. It was also claimed that the cards had slogans including ‘you’re welcome here!’ and ‘I love refugee rights, stop the Rwanda scheme’. Many of the cards also reportedly included an orange heart symbol, which symbolises compassion for people fleeing war.

On TalkTV, Connie Shaw from the Free Speech Union weighed in on the topic and said: “I think it’s grooming. Children should not be writing Valentine’s Day cards to any men, regardless of where they’re from.”

Connie weighed in on the topic and said ‘I think it’s grooming’ (Image: TalkTV / X)

She added: “No child should be doing this. It’s almost like letting your guard down. So if this child witnessed something happen to their friends, they’ll then say, ‘Hang on a sec, these are the people that I’ve been told I’m meant to love and support their rights? These are the good guys?'”

Laura Trott, the Shadow Education Secretary, remarked that “children as young as five shouldn’t be used to push political agendas.”

What’s more, Chris Philp, the Shadow Home Secretary, claimed Labour is turning classrooms into “propaganda hubs” and “weaponising pupils”.

He said: “Labour’s Britain is one where safeguarding is thrown out the window, classrooms are turned into propaganda hubs, and children are weaponised to push a dangerous ideology.

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“Classrooms should be for teaching maths, not immigration. Labour-run Birmingham council are allowing political campaigning to creep into our schools.”

According to the Telegraph, pupils at one school made cards which were delivered to St Chad’s Sanctuary, a local group which supports asylum seekers.

Another school’s Valentine’s Day card-making was widely circulated on social media by the Birmingham Schools of Sanctuary group.

GB News came to a screeching halt for a major breaking news announcement after an asylum seeker was placed under investigation for alleged links to the Houthi rebel group. The young man is understood to be a resident at the former Wethersfield airbase near Baintree, which is now used as accommodation for hundreds of asylum seekers in the southeast. The Houthis are designated by the US and several other nations as a terrorist organisation.

But despite having attacked international shipping, including British-flagged vessels in the Red Sea over the past 12 months, they are not a prescribed terrorist group in the UK. However, the Houthis are extremely violent, and as well as targeting international shipping, they regularly launch cruise missiles and drones towards Israel.

GB News presenter Martin Daubney halted the show for some breaking news (Image: GB News )

On Friday afternoon (August 15), Martin Daubney returned to the airwaves for his evening show, but minutes into the programme the 55-year-old broadcaster interrupted his usual schedule to deliver the breaking news.

He announced: “A Yemeni asylum seeker being housed at the former RAF base in Essex is under investigation for alleged links to the Houthi rebel group. Our sources uncovered multiple videos and pictures allegedly showing the migrant posing with various weapons including an AK47 assault rifle back in his native country. It’s deeply alarming information coming through.”

The presenter claimed that further images show posts on the individual’s social media account that appear to indicate support for the Houthi rebels. To get a better understanding of the investigation, the broadcaster welcomed Home and Security editor Mark White onto the show.

He revealed: “One of the biggest concerns that law enforcement and the security services have is just who is coming across the English Channel. If identifying documents are thrown away, then how on earth can you actually get a proper handle on who these people are.

Home and Security editor Mark White said what we were all thinking (Image: GB News )

“Unless, of course, they’re already on criminal databases known to the security services overseas which some are but multiple others are not.”

As images and footage of the gentlemen in question flashed up on screen posing with the weapons, Mark emphasised: “Yemen is a lawless country. It is not uncommon for men in that country to go around with firearms and other lethal weapons.”

But the presenter asked what we were all thinking when he said: “The legitimate question that many people will be asking is: Is this the kind of individuals that we want here in this country, being accepted into this country and considered for asylum? Well, many would argue not.”

Later on in the show, GB News received a statement from the Home Office stating that the man in question has been initially assessed by Essex police and has now been referred to the prevent counter-extremism programme.

It read: “We are aware of this individual and have taken appropriate action. We collect biometric data of all small boat arrivals and at the start of their asylum claim, which is then cross-checked with immigration security and criminal data bases.”

It didn’t take long before viewers flooded to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their concerns online. One user fumed: “Why doesn’t this Prime Minister get a grip and send them back to where they came from or an offshore island.

“Anywhere else but not near our towns and cities. Kier Starmer and Yvette Cooper need to start taking drastic action to keep the public sake.” Another penned: “Wow. How many more have we let in with zero documents???? F***ing joke.”

Meanwhile, others were less surprised by the worrying update, with one viewer posting: “No surprise! I’m sure there’s many, many more.” Another agreed: “Deply alarming. Not remotely surprising” as a third echoed: “Alarming, but not surprising.”