Second reading of the Nationality & Borders Bill happening now.
Priti Patel claiming that you and I have "had enough of open borders" so... I'm obviously going to really enjoy this. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bโฆ
Priti Patel claiming that you and I have "had enough of open borders" so... I'm obviously going to really enjoy this. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bโฆ
LMAO Theresa May intervenes to say 'ang on a moment mate, I designed a whole hostile environment aimed at kicking out and cruelly excluding as many migrants as possible, can Patel not make out like no one's been trying to be awful to immigrants in the last decade?!
Doesn't this just tell you everything though. I might as well switch it off right now (oh how I wish I would take my own advice and do that)
Patel's approach is more of the same failed and evil rubbish that has come from the Tories for years.
The racists will never be satisfied.
Patel's approach is more of the same failed and evil rubbish that has come from the Tories for years.
The racists will never be satisfied.
I'm not going to live tweet it. I can't & I shouldn't have to listen to this utter rubbish. I wrote a comprehensive briefing based on the evidence about the reality of what this Bill will do. It is a lot more enlightening than the debate will, believe me. jcwi.org.uk/nationality-anโฆ
Some light relief (perhaps) from the Borders Bill debate to be found watching the Westminster Hall debate starting now on regularisation for undocumented migrants parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b9โฆ
I mean of course it isn't light relief at all in the slightest, apart from not being Patel, which is always nice.
Brilliant and compassionate speech from @VirendraSharma MP for Ealing and Southall. Based, for a refreshing change, on evidence and referencing several pieces of research. Thank goodness there are some decent ones.
@VirendraSharma More important speeches from @rushanaraali emphasising the plight of women who are made undocumented by the immigration system and made vulnerable to domestic abuse & @RuthCadbury who cites how extortionate immigration fees make people undocumented.
This is the best debate there has ever been, quite frankly. Literally MP after MP, one after another quoting facts from our report and #WeAreHere campaign. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Right, well obviously Kevin Foster just finished it by just droning out his pre-prepared statement and addressed none of the substantive points raised by MPs in the debate, making a mockery of the process as he is wont to do.
Back to the Bill debate then, I guess....
Back to the Bill debate then, I guess....
Tory after Tory showing their deep humanitarian concern for the wellbeing of refugees making dangerous journeys by supporting a Bill that does nothing but slash their legal rights to protection. ๐๐๐
Corbyn gave a principled speech urging MPs to take this opportunity to take responsibility for the world we live in.
Scott Benton, following him, by contrast might as well be playing culture war bingo, ticking off every last dog whistle. You do wonder how they kid themselves.
Scott Benton, following him, by contrast might as well be playing culture war bingo, ticking off every last dog whistle. You do wonder how they kid themselves.
I can't decide if I more hate the ones like Benton, who fully go for the anti-migrant hate, or the ones more like Simon Bell, who pretend it's about humanitarianism.
I said I wouldn't live tweet it... But Ian Duncan Smith is making some important points about the ways in which the Bill slashes protections for victims of trafficking and slavery. He emphasises he's talking about recognised victims of trafficking, whose rights are to be reduced.
Excellent line from Wera Hobhouse which utterly destroys the entire Bill's approach: "If cruelty were the answer the problem would have been solved long ago."
Oh @BellRibeiroAddy ๐๐ "To all the lawyers and campaigners who are standing up for the rights of all refugees, I want you to know that no matter what is said from the benches about you tonight, you are heroes and you are on the right side of history."
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She's right of course.
This Bill will pass, but every person who has raised their voice, written to their MP, signed a petition, even had an awkward conversation with someone against it, & every MP who spoke up against it are on the right side of history.
๐ And we wont give up.
This Bill will pass, but every person who has raised their voice, written to their MP, signed a petition, even had an awkward conversation with someone against it, & every MP who spoke up against it are on the right side of history.
๐ And we wont give up.
Right, pals, they're off again. For those of you inclined to watch along again. I wouldn't recommend it. Interventions from the govt benches have largely been completely shameless & fact-free.
Good to see almost unanimous opposition from the rest, though. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bโฆ
Good to see almost unanimous opposition from the rest, though. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bโฆ
I should say, though, for fairness, that Alberto Costa MP, who is a Conservative, is questioning why the cost of for citizenship applications are so high, in particular as compared to other comparable countries.
Unfortunately he is nonetheless supporting the horrible Bill.
Unfortunately he is nonetheless supporting the horrible Bill.
As they continue, try to keep in mind the actual impacts of the Bill. Leaving people who have fled horrific danger & persecution abroad in a protracted limbo while we try to send them either to prison or to any other country we can. With no justification.
https://twitter.com/ZoeJardiniere/status/1417381610828279824
"Turkey has taken in 4 million refugees, and we're quibbling about 26,000" @stellacreasy destroying the Bill right now.
"If you want to stop the gangs, take away the market. But there is no plan for safe alternative routes here."
"If you want to stop the gangs, take away the market. But there is no plan for safe alternative routes here."
"Unless the UK allows people to apply to come and seek asylum from outside the UK, the UK remains complicit in asylum seekers having to make irregular journeys to get here in order to do so" Tim Farron is absolutely right.
So many Tories speaking in favour of this Bill saying "doing nothing is not an option" as if this is the only Bill there could be.
As if there were not reams of evidence from expert groups over decades clearly explaining what changes would ACTUALLY help fix refugee protection๐คฆโโ๏ธ
As if there were not reams of evidence from expert groups over decades clearly explaining what changes would ACTUALLY help fix refugee protection๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Bless @Stuart_McDonald, indefatigably standing up & asking Ministers to justify a Bill that would mean a person fleeing Syria, a Uighur from China, or a person persecuted for being LGBT+ and arriving to seek asylum without a visa would be subject to imprisonment.
@Stuart_McDonald It is truly shameful that Chris Philp's response continues to speak about "the UK choosing who deserves our help" - refugees are supposed to wait passively for us to chose them. Refugees are not entitled to a scrap of agency to save themselves & seek protection.
@Stuart_McDonald Philp equates the risk of wrongly designating an asylum seeking child as an adult, detaining them with adults, assessing their claim as an adult, the trauma caused, with the "risk" of making a mistake in the other direction, and maybe treating someone over 18 with more concern ๐ฑ
@Stuart_McDonald The vote is up now. It will definitely pass.
But as Bell said, all those MPs who stand against it and vote it against it today are standing on the right side of history.
This Bill will be known in history as a moment of shame for our country when we turned our backs on refugees.
But as Bell said, all those MPs who stand against it and vote it against it today are standing on the right side of history.
This Bill will be known in history as a moment of shame for our country when we turned our backs on refugees.
@Stuart_McDonald It will cause even more suffering & delays in our asylum system, more people will be wrongly denied.
But like the hostile environment, every last detention centre, deportation flight, and the rest of the petty cruelty of our borders systems, we will eventually tear it down.๐ฎโ๐จ
But like the hostile environment, every last detention centre, deportation flight, and the rest of the petty cruelty of our borders systems, we will eventually tear it down.๐ฎโ๐จ
Thanks for coming along for the ride of my sporadic tweeting over these hours of debate. We'll be back, after recess, for Committee and Report stages where, let's hope, we manage to make some changes at least to the most heinous parts of the Bill!! โ๏ธ
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