Just heard Robert Jenrick on #PoliticsLive attempting to defend the Govt's Rwanda policy.
He said (echoing the PM and Priti Patel) that if the policy doesn't work, that would be because of opposition from lawyers and courts, which the Govt would then try to tackle. 1/5
He said (echoing the PM and Priti Patel) that if the policy doesn't work, that would be because of opposition from lawyers and courts, which the Govt would then try to tackle. 1/5
This strategy is all too common - and it beggars belief that, in some quarters at least, it still works.
It was a big part of the Govt's approach to Brexit (see this thread).
It goes like this. 2/5
It was a big part of the Govt's approach to Brexit (see this thread).
https://twitter.com/syrpis/status/1154286332878962688?s=20&t=Vls3L2qm6FHJrA3yqbrN_g
It goes like this. 2/5
1. Announce eye-catching policy (send asylum seekers to Rwanda, leave the EU, level up the entire country, trigger A16 etc).
2. Wait for the inevitable criticism.
3. Attack the critics for frustrating the Govt's, nay the people's, ambitions. 3/5
2. Wait for the inevitable criticism.
3. Attack the critics for frustrating the Govt's, nay the people's, ambitions. 3/5
What if, just maybe, the eye-catching policy announcement is all slogan and no substance? What if the details (or the main points) haven't been worked through? What if sufficient resources have not been made available? 4/5
Surely it ought to be incumbent on the Govt to show how the policy *will* work. It should not be able to get away with claiming that - alas - others stopped it from working. 5/5
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
