Well yeah, but when you're obviously not capable of fixing any of the other problems in society, where else can you turn? It's all about controlling the narrative. Every minute of BBC News, Question Time, Newsnight, etc, that is spent talking about this stupid fucking Rwanda plan is a minute that is not spent talking about how they've completely fucked every aspect of the country over the past 13 years. It also helps that 'stop the boats' is such an easy thing to do (they could stop them tomorrow), that when they do it, just before the next election, they'll at least have one success story to point to. And plenty of thickos will actually fall for it.