The ongoing stupidity of Home Secretary Priti Patel

[Artaxerxes]

 

[agricola]

that is remarkable, almost full-spectrum idiocy

 

[two sheds]

and still she grins inanely

 

[existentialist]

and still she grins inanely

There is no other way for her to grin.

 

[Raheem]

that is remarkable, almost full-spectrum idiocy

Careful, there are some around these parts quite keen on holding centres in the South Atlantic.

 

[Artaxerxes]

that is remarkable, almost full-spectrum idiocy

They do keep promising an Australian immigration system.

 

[two sheds]

Careful, there are some around these parts quite keen on holding centres in the South Atlantic.

I think the migrants are on their way out there though, rather than the way in.

 

[stavros]

They do keep promising an Australian immigration system.

Hopefully, once in place, we can then deport that fuckwit, Tony Abbott.

 

[brogdale]

FT's Sebastian Payne's twitter feed is pretty bonkers tonight...

 

[Ax^]

Can we not just send Patel to a south Atlantic ocean

 

[Chilli.s]

Blue sky thinking = Head in the clouds delusional

 

[kebabking]

Can I just day how wonderful it is that the Home Office has so kindly, and so enthusiastically, taken the baton from the MOD as the most batshit crazy government department?

 

[Pickman's model]

Can we not just send Patel to a south Atlantic ocean

The penguins will thank us

 

[eatmorecheese]

Drones with hooks on them that are programmed to intercept and tow the boats to Boulogne.

Inflatable Mark Francoises that repeat the phrase "Look, bugger off" over and over again at the passengers of some raft.

See? I could do this shit and get paid for it. I just don't know what the fuck is happening any more.

 

[Raheem]

The penguins will thank us

Sarkily, though.

 

[Artaxerxes]

FT's Sebastian Payne's twitter feed is pretty bonkers tonight...

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I just googled him and fuck off he's the geeky kid in the Inbetweeners

 

[not-bono-ever]

Moldova. Not in the EU but close enough to make it cheap. Wizzair fly there for a handful of quid .A beautiful but bankrupt, impoverished gangster run state that has had a sustained kicking over the past 30 years, where the people have been ruthlessly taken to the fucking cleaners with organised high level corruption and fraud. What better destination to outsource your liabilities. I'm sure the Moldovan populace will benefit enormously from being a dumping ground for unwanted brit arrivals. It is utterly astounding that this was ever even brought into the conversation. paternalistic neo colonial shite

 

[tony.c]

Disused oil platforms ruled out because of safety issues, but ferries are being considered.

Government considered processing refugees on disused ferries and blocking dinghies, reports claim

‘I do hope the UK will not choose to go down this way’, UN envoy tells MPs

www.independent.co.uk

 

[skyscraper101]

" Meanwhile, The Financial Times reports “blue sky thinking” sessions led officials to suggest outside the box ideas including placing obstacles in the channel, linking boats to create a barricade and, according to one source, fitting vessels with pumps that could generate waves to force dinghies back into French waters were also considered."

I know things have been beyond The Thick of It levels for a while now but fuck me.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Disused oil platforms ruled out because of safety issues, but ferries are being considered.

Government considered processing refugees on disused ferries and blocking dinghies, reports claim

‘I do hope the UK will not choose to go down this way’, UN envoy tells MPs

www.independent.co.uk

Ferries?


“Get Chris Grayling on the phone!”

 

[not-bono-ever]

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[brogdale]

I know things have been beyond The Thick of It levels for a while now but fuck me.

True, but I suspect this is more Overton window opening than anything else; when they eventually cram these poor folks on prison hulks moored off the Hoo peninsula they'll get their compliant media to declare it the most humane act...and Saint Priti has avoided sending them to the South Atlantic.

 

[frogwoman]

Moldova. Not in the EU but close enough to make it cheap. Wizzair fly there for a handful of quid .A beautiful but bankrupt, impoverished gangster run state that has had a sustained kicking over the past 30 years, where the people have been ruthlessly taken to the fucking cleaners with organised high level corruption and fraud. What better destination to outsource your liabilities. I'm sure the Moldovan populace will benefit enormously from being a dumping ground for unwanted brit arrivals. It is utterly astounding that this was ever even brought into the conversation. paternalistic neo colonial shite

Yeah I've lived there. Unbelievable

 

[frogwoman]

True, but I suspect this is more Overton window opening than anything else; when they eventually cram these poor folks on prison hulks moored off the Hoo peninsula they'll get their compliant media to declare it the most humane act...and Saint Priti has avoided sending them to the South Atlantic.

World beating.

 

[teqniq]

FFS

Priti Patel takes aim at migration ‘do-gooders’ as she launches asylum reform plan

Home secretary’s attempt to group ‘lefty lawyers’ with people-traffickers branded absurd

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Chz]

And what's the opposite of doing good again?

 

[Serge Forward]

I'm not sure stupidity (as in the thread title) is quite right. Her general behaviour is all fairly standard for someone with the mindset of a nazi. Not necessarily stupid but always fucking vile.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

FFS

Priti Patel takes aim at migration ‘do-gooders’ as she launches asylum reform plan

Home secretary’s attempt to group ‘lefty lawyers’ with people-traffickers branded absurd

www.independent.co.uk

 

[NoXion]

When someone says they want to do something horrible, then goes back on that and does something that appears slightly less horrible instead, that doesn't make me think they're nice and reasonable. No, it makes me think that they're nasty cunts who want to keep up a pretense of being nice.

It doesn't matter if asylum seekers are being put on some island in the southern hemisphere or on some ferry just off the coast. The underlying principle is the same; push these people into some horrid shithole somewhere they'll be out of sight and (so Patel hopes) out of mind. Placing them in such conditions also makes it harder for journalists and activists to keep an eye on the conditions in which they are kept.

I don't think it takes much of a stretch to see this as enabling neglect and abuse. There have been stories coming out for years of how shit Australia's similar policies have been. I don't think it will fool many people, but it might provide some excuses for the callous pieces of shit who would defend Patel.

 

[teqniq]

With any amount of luck she will find herself in a whole world of shit over this:

Priti Patel faces tribunal questioning over alleged bullying

Exclusive: lawyers for Patel’s former permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam push forward constructive dismissal claim

www.theguardian.com