Lee Anderson Tory MP for Ashfield Nottinghamshire wants to send asylum seekers to The Falklands
“The only way we will put these people off is by giving them the message that if you come here you are going to be sent 8,000 miles away."

Because obviously

theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
Apart from anything else reprehensible about this, using the Falkland Islands as a glorified holding pen says a lot about this MPs contempt... for the Falklands
What do you think @falklands_utd ?
I'd never heard of Lee Anderson before. Seems he has a dedicated spoof account.
Correction. I had heard of him. He's this guy.

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