On the level of wave machines: not only blatantly illegal & immoral,
Also speaks to sort of unhinged desperation, a willingness to genuinely make us a pariah state in the name of Patel’s job
& raises grim prospect of a standoff in dangerous waters w refugees as sacrifice #r4today
Also speaks to sort of unhinged desperation, a willingness to genuinely make us a pariah state in the name of Patel’s job
& raises grim prospect of a standoff in dangerous waters w refugees as sacrifice #r4today
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1435741185797144579
The irony is, cooperation w France to stop boats would be possible if we started by agreeing to take our share of refugees.
Instead, our position is that, due to geography, it is 100% their responsibility & we’re willing to put human lives at extreme risk to prove it. #r4today
Instead, our position is that, due to geography, it is 100% their responsibility & we’re willing to put human lives at extreme risk to prove it. #r4today
This is, for incredibly obvious reasons, not a position that France or the EU can accept.
Patel is puffing up her chest for a fight to prove her dedication to the tabloid headlines.
The refugees are the ones, inevitably, caught once again in the cross-fire, or the waves. #r4today
Patel is puffing up her chest for a fight to prove her dedication to the tabloid headlines.
The refugees are the ones, inevitably, caught once again in the cross-fire, or the waves. #r4today
Let us be clear: Openly advocating mass expulsions *at sea* is an unambiguously extremist position.
Even other European countries that perpetrate these same crimes CLAIM not to.
This is a worrying moment and we should be watching the commentators who normalise it. #r4today
Even other European countries that perpetrate these same crimes CLAIM not to.
This is a worrying moment and we should be watching the commentators who normalise it. #r4today
If you are watching Priti Patel’s latest far-right & undoubtedly deadly plans be announced this morning in despair, keep hope. Make your voice heard. Write to your MP, join us outside Parliament on 20 October to say loud & clear that refugees are welcome swruk.org/refugees-welco…
Absolutely astonishing intervention on #r4today from Tory MP Tim Loughton who says that the plan to effect mass push-backs at sea “sounds good” … but won’t work because too many people would drown 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Then carries on to claim UNCHALLENGED there are “hundreds of thousands” of refugees in Calais. The failure of our media truly makes me fundamentally despair. If Michal Hussein has not yet covered enough Calais migrant stories to know that number is fantasy I despair #r4today
The Tory party and Priti Patel are essentially proposing a stand off in the Channel where whichever side - British or French - blinks first and rescues the person drowning between our waters or theirs, loses.
This is being discussed like a legitimate policy. I am done. #r4today
This is being discussed like a legitimate policy. I am done. #r4today
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