Anyone have any theories on why Sunak didn't wait for this announcement and sack her afterwards for this colossal fuck up and waste of money?
Tricky. Which sackable offence do you choose as your reason to sack someone? From a tory pov, laying into the police is probably a worse offence than being incompetent in getting nasty legislation through ('Ah well, at least she tried. Pesky judges').
Be interesting to hear if they dare criticise the Supreme Court over a unanimous judgement. No nut job dissenting opinion to fall back on.
Did you not see what Cameron and May did to the old bill? Party of law and order my arse…
FTFYTbf, and to quote Ian Hislop, most of the UK's criminals seem to be on the Tory front and back benches these days.
Given what's come out about the level of criminality within the police the last couple of years it's perhaps fair to say they didn't go far enoughDid you not see what Cameron and May did to the old bill? Party of law and order my arse…
…the last couple of years …
Looks like they've tabled this amendment to push the policy through regardless of the Courts decision. Today is going to be hot for both sides if the House.
Looks like they've tabled this amendment to push the policy through regardless of the Courts decision. Today is going to be hot for both sides if the House.
Looks like they've tabled this amendment to push the policy through regardless of the Courts decision. Today is going to be hot for both sides if the House.
Anyone have any theories on why Sunak didn't wait for this announcement and sack her afterwards for this colossal fuck up and waste of money?
Patel’s, actually. (Not that it really matters)Everyone knows this Rwanda shit was Braverman's baby. This latest development might knock some of the wind out her incipient swivel-eyed rebellion. Probably not though. The court system, laws etc are just more woke liberal crap standing in the way of the obvious common sense plan to ship thousands of people to Africa against their will at exorbitant cost.
First, Rwanda has a poor human rights record. In 2021, the UK government criticised Rwanda for “extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances and torture”. UK government officials have also raised concerns about constraints on media and political freedom
Secondly, UNHCR’s evidence is that there are serious and systematic defects in Rwanda’s procedures and institutions for processing asylum claims. In summary, these include:
(i) concerns about the asylum process itself, such as the lack of legal representation, the risk that judges and lawyers will not act independently of the government in politically sensitive cases, and a completely untested right of appeal to the High Court,
(ii) the surprisingly high rate of rejection of asylum claims from certain countries in known conflict zones from which asylum seekers removed from the UK may well emanate,
(iii) Rwanda’s practice of refoulement, which has continued since the MEDP was concluded, and
(iv) the apparent inadequacy of the Rwandan government’s understanding of the requirements of the Refugee Convention
Thirdly, Rwanda has recently failed to comply with an explicit undertaking to comply with the non-refoulement principle given to Israel in an agreement for the removal of asylum seekers from Israel to Rwanda which operated between 2013 and 2018.
nope far too oldDoes Norman Tebbit still have his commercial licence ?
The Tory nut jobs are writhing around like slugs in salt.
The party of law and order?
and various parts of UK law that weren't simply incorporating EU policy. Oops.They're frothing about the ECHR, but the judge said that even without that the policy fails under our legal obligations to:
The United Nations (UN) Refugee Convention
The UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Other than that we're good to go
The ECHR is the really important one with proper legal clout but it doesn't matter. The UK isn't withdrawing from the ECHR just to placate the Tory backbenchers and to chuck out a probably very small number of immigrants.They're frothing about the ECHR, but the judge said that even without that the policy fails under our legal obligations to:
The United Nations (UN) Refugee Convention
The UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Other than that we're good to go
I was thinking of your memoryThere was me thinking you knew your history.