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[-] Carlo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty big stretch to call that any kind of endorsement, don't you think?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It's cowardly triangulation intended to straddle the issue, rather than denounce the policy.

[-] Carlo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

It was explicitly a hypothetical thought experiment. Starmer has already said they wouldn't go through with the Rwanda plan, even if it did somehow prove effective. That's all stated plainly in the article you linked (from the Telegraph!). It really seems like you're just doubling down in the face of the evidence, rather than admitting to having made an incorrect statement.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It was explicitly a hypothetical thought experiment

By the presumed future minister in charge. If boat crossings to the UK fall following implementation of Rwanda deportations (more a gamble than a hypothetical) they'll continue the program.

Starmer has already said they wouldn’t go through with the Rwanda plan

Starmer's shadow cabinet - including Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary - have simply asserted the program is "too expensive". That's their sole opposition to the new rule. Not that they won't go through with it, but that they don't want to pay for it.

this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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