No Rwanda flights before election, says Rishi Sunak

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1. Of course there will be no Rwanda flights, even more stupid than all of brexit.

2. Really was all just a stupid waste of time and money. Kind of like the tories entire goverment

3. That’s a convenient way to say that they weren’t going to happen anyway but that it’s *totally* not because I fucked up with this whole plan, it’s just because of the election.

   Lol, who buys this shit?

4. >But the PM has now said they will go “if I’m re-elected” on 4 July.

   After months of forcing this ridiculous scheme through and even abusing parliamentary sovereignty by overruling the supreme court, it’s now nothing more than something to hold hostage. Maybe that’s all it ever was.

5. Or after at the rate the Tories are heading to the election at

6. This is the most obviously corrupt policy in UK history. Bribes and back handers for a project that makes the British look like far right scum and was never going to affect immigration. Everyone involved should be thoroughly investigated and all the money spent should be checked and accounted for. Then all the criminals involved (Tory MPs) should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

7. Rwanda have played a blinder here. We have built affordable homes for their people, gave them huge sums of money and they will only ever take one person…a volunteer! If we can find an even dumber nation to give us the same deal, that may solve the migrant situation forever…

8. What a shock. Who could have possibly predicted this. So glad we pissed away hundreds of millions of pounds to do nothing but satisfy some racist head-bangers rather than on anything productive like addressing the various crises ongoing in our public services.

9. These Tories really haven’t got a clue. First, they introduce Brexit, which has set the UK back years, and now then want to send unfortunate asylum seekers to Rwanda.

   Maybe we should send the Tories to Rwanda and be done with it.

10. lol ofc not, what a complete waste of money on an utterly bonkers plan. 4th of July, time to get the fireworks ready.

11. So much premeditation with this..

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68916456

    Flights to start within 10-12 weeks.. this was just a few weeks ago.

    Did he lie back then?? It’s close.

    Wait and see the announcement just days before the election.. “flight is going next week.. bruh but you gots to vote me in innit, otherwise it won’t happen and labour will let them lose in your streets”.

12. I was wondering ‘Why Now'(?).

    This  is why,because the whole Rwanda scheme has already failed,and an election now avoids an election where it’s obvious how badly the Tories have failed on Rwanda.

    Which ignores how badly they’ve failed at everything,pretty much the whole time they’ve been in power.

13. Of course not. The whole Rwanda thing was a mess from the start.

14. They’ll bat it down the road until Labour get in and then spend all their time screaming that Starmer hasn’t sent a single flight

15. Well worth £80M and counting eh Rishi……..you Muppet.

16. So if Labour scrap it as the claim (still a big if, not like MPs to lie), it literally has been a complete waste.

17. So if Labour scrap it as the claim (still a big if, not like MPs to lie), it literally has been a complete waste.

    I find it hard to believe somewhere that the Tories dont benefit from this with ties to Rwanda

18. “So, if you’re one of the arseholes who want these flights to happen, best vote for me”

19. Omg he’s trying to hold potential Reform voters hostage..

    This will not work Sunak.

20. First PMQ of new election whoever they found left that wanted to lead the opposition asks why the government have failed to send any flights to Rwanda.

21. Just out of interest to people who think this is a terrible plan, what are your solutions to the illegal boat crossings and deportation of illegal immigrants

22. It’s almost like it’s a massive, expensive waste of time that no one wants but can’t abandon due to sinking so much political capital into doubling down on it

23. Stupid or not it’s put Labour on the spot on how to deal with the migrants. They are coming across EU countries to get here and anyone asked about an alternative simply waffles about increasing money or processing with bureacrats when by the time all is said and done the asylum seeker has gone AWOL.

    Massive topic for the election frankly.

    High taxes and migration under the Tories, Labour are drooling over it, they don’t have to do anything to achieve their aims.

24. So no flights ever then. I will also hope that some effort is put into recovering the funds behind this corrupt endeavour

25. Whether you vote Tory or not, you have to be *slightly* miffed at £500m of public money being pissed up the wall for a scheme that started out as a distraction piece / joke & was NEVER going to fucking work.