Do immigrants have a duty to learn English?

why Keir Starmer is wrong

In a recent speech, Keir Starmer claimed that “when people come to our country, they should also commit to integration and to learning our language.” And then on X: “If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense,”.

Interpreted as a moral claim (the most natural reading of Starmer’s “should”), which falls on immigrants indi…