Philosoraptor
Well-Known Member
Meanwhile, at Maldon District Council.
Well, we'll have to wait and see but the main point in that is LOCAL. They don't actually mean very much in terms of changing policy. Each council are hamstrung by decisions taken at a national level and many councils going Labour would just lead to a Tory govt slashing council funding and heaping more costs onto them. Meanwhile the Tories will continue to have control over all the decisions that actually matter and that could make a difference, but instead will choose to enrich their mates.Said months ago the local elections could be a bloodbath
Not sure Macron would have any say in it. Britain has a consulate in Calais. Set up an asylum centre in there and it’s essentially on British sovereign territory.Clearly the Rwanda plan is morally disgraceful, but IMHO it will never actually be implemented anyway....its just a crude (and nationally embarrassing) attempt to disrupt the current MO of the trafficking system where currently any asylum seeker/refugee/economic migrant just gets on dinghy, get a few hundreds meters off shore and then sets off the distress flare for prompt rescue and taxi to Kent.
All would be easily resolved with a processing centre in calais....but macron and Johnson will never agree with such a common sense plan
This government would never do anything meaningful to try and fix the root of the problem (a clear and accessible asylum process and shutting down the criminal gangs) as they would be forced to turn their attention to the other multitude of problems they have created with their policies.Clearly the Rwanda plan is morally disgraceful, but IMHO it will never actually be implemented anyway....its just a crude (and nationally embarrassing) attempt to disrupt the current MO of the trafficking system where currently any asylum seeker/refugee/economic migrant just gets on dinghy, get a few hundreds meters off shore and then sets off the distress flare for prompt rescue and taxi to Kent.
All would be easily resolved with a processing centre in calais....but macron and Johnson will never agree with such a common sense plan
They don't have the EU to blame all their failings on anymore so they have to rely on migrants and asylum seekers.This government would never do anything meaningful to try and fix the root of the problem (a clear and accessible asylum process and shutting down the criminal gangs) as they would be forced to turn their attention to the other multitude of problems they have created with their policies.
Much easier to wheel out a preposterous policy like this every so often to get the flag-shaggers excited and give you a great set of paper headlines every time you need to deflect from a shitshow.
From The Times, "There are fears that Gray’s report, said to be highly critical and damaging for the government, could be delayed until after the May local elections.".
What a surprise.
The later you delay things, the less point there is in being accountable for past actions...
Ian Hislop said as much on HIGNFY.The later you delay things, the less point there is in being accountable for past actions...
The later you delay things, the less point there is in being accountable for past actions...
Brandon Lewis has been a complete disgrace doing the media rounds this morning and Kate Garaway has him bang to rights here
It really hasn't...wait....tell me this is a parodyNever before in the history of British politics has a government been so easy to parody
It really hasn't...wait....tell me this is a parody
No xxxt sherlockWorld leading. Oh.
World leading. Oh.
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