So, apparently, the first removal to Rwanda has happened. Not exactly in the way some folks would like to see it implemented, with an illegal crying and pleading while being dragged up the staircase by two big, burly Border Force officers.
According to the report, the illegal happily jumped on a plane with £3K in his back pocket. The thing is, I'm not sure that's a deterrent. Remember, supposedly, boat people have nothing, which is why they want to get to the UK. So we're giving them a roof over their heads and three square meals a day plus £3K, and you wonder why the Government is cutting back on PIP.
https://order-order.com/2024/05/01/kemi-badenoch-celebrates-first-rwanda-removal/
Kemi Badenoch Celebrates First Rwanda Removal – Guido Fawkes
The Sun revealed that on monday the first Rwanda removal was carried out with a failed asylum seeker agreeing to fly to Kigali voluntarily. Under a schemeMax Young (Guido Fawkes Organisation)
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Steve
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in reply to Steve • •Given that supposedly the reason lots of people voted "Leave" was because of all "The foreigners", I wonder if those same people will vote Tory, given it looks like they've kept their promise?
I saw a news report last night (Although I'd already heard what was going on) that Border Force is rounding up illegals as they report to signing-on centres like they're supposed to and shipping them to holding centres ready for flights out.
Steve
in reply to dick_turpin • • •The leave vote was based on other lies. The Rwanda thing is a ridiculously expensive diversion that won't solve anything. People know how crap the Tories are. Labour have failed to capitalise on this, but may win anyway.
Can you honestly say you are proud of this lot? We deserve better, but they sold out.
dick_turpin
in reply to Steve • •I'm not sure anyone is proud of their government throughout the world.
I'm almost at the point of hoping Labour does win so that those who have never known a Labour government can get a taste of how badly they will take the country down. And as for clueless people who think there's going to be an election before January, there's your average deluded voter right there.
I read with interest that Kier Starmer has stated he fully intends to investigate privatisation opportunities within the NHS, particularly cataract operations. I thought they were the NHS saviours, and it was only the wicked Tories who wanted to sell off the NHS?
If only there were a Utopia that catered for each and every person's needs and quirks.
Steve
in reply to dick_turpin • • •So you're not proud of them :)
Politics tends to be a 'least worst' game, but the Tory lurch to the right has been extreme. They got rid of the smart/moderate ones. Labour are not the lefties of old. Starmer is treading a tightrope and compromising on various things. I would like to see him be more radical.
Nobody expects 'utopia', but they do hope for competence and compassion.
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