Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has accused Angus Taylor of cowardice and racism over his plans to overhaul the nation’s migration system, saying the Liberal Party is simply copying the “dumb bigotry” of Pauline Hanson. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Keating, who served as prime minister between 1991 and 1996, said Taylor had deserted the tradition of Liberal luminaries Robert Menzies and Harold Holt with a policy that was at odds with an immigrant nation and which was an echo of Donald Trump. Former prime minister Paul Keating and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor. Michael Howard Taylor this week conceded he was trying to win back potential One Nation voters by unveiling a hardline immigration policy that would overturn long-standing precedent by discriminating against prospective migrants based on their values.…