For example, the deal with France is minimal, they expect to send back no more than 25 per day. As for Rwanda, yes a waste of time, so why are they trying to do a similar deal elsewhere? Albania turned them down.What exactly have they promised ? They have stopped Rewanda plan which was waste of time and money have delivered record deportations a massive crack down on illegal working a reduction in hotels, and a deal with France and reduced back log in claims and now an advertising campaign showing deportations to put people off coming. In what 12 months. Seems good going to me
Ha ha, whats pathetic is the state of GBNew, twitter, Laura Keunsberg, Talk TV who would report on a fart by a labour MP in a lift just to give a negative spin on the government.
As stated I have no love for Starmer, Reeves, Lammy and the government, but the constant negative press is plain to see.
okStop watching and reading it then but you can’t can you?
Instead you have to spend your time deflecting from the government of the day, issues that face us all and just blame anyone and anything but those currently responsible.
For example, the deal with France is minimal, they expect to send back no more than 25 per day. As for Rwanda, yes a waste of time, so why are they trying to do a similar deal elsewhere? Albania turned them down.
I could go on but the one thing which would help the situation would be to allow them to work, maybe with a route to legal residence.No sign of that.
PS Did they promise to stop the boats?
We dont know the scale of the France deal if it works tho it wont be on lower levels made up by the negative right wing press.For example, the deal with France is minimal, they expect to send back no more than 25 per day. As for Rwanda, yes a waste of time, so why are they trying to do a similar deal elsewhere? Albania turned them down.
I could go on but the one thing which would help the situation would be to allow them to work, maybe with a route to legal residence.No sign of that.
PS Did they promise to stop the boats?
Would we know if they are or not ?
The fact the number of people coming over on dinghy's suggest the gangs have not been smashed.Would we know if they are or not ?
They set up a unit to do it, they are cracking down on illegal working and deportation are up
Immigration is of no concern to me, but the gov must follow an effective policy since it is an issue for so many.We dont know the scale of the France deal if it works tho it wont be on lower levels made up by the negative right wing press.
The deals with other countries are not like Rwanda
Agree with working would also allow safe routes
And no they didn’t promise to stop the boats that’s was the last lot
You’re probably right but I don’t think it’s that simple for example they could be smashing the gangs and we don’t know it could be a publicity issue. Or it could be that the gangs are growing faster for some reason or it could be that the gangs are fewer in number but transporting more people.The fact the number of people coming over on dinghy's suggest the gangs have not been smashed.
We had 14 years of rather rubbish government under the last lot. Yet people seemed to put up with it for a very long time.
Now within 12 months the new labour government on top of the usual complaining from the right wing media. Which has gone into over drive is facing a second summer of riots over immigration and now talk of green protesters collaborating with Palestine Action to overwhelm the police.
Neither group seems to have a clear motive. The first cannot stop immigration or people being housed in hotels. All that will happen is they will be moved to different hotels at great expense whilst the police are kept busy dealing with protesters also at expense. They will eventually be moved into housing rather than hotels so the problem will be dispersed but that’s always been the plan nothing to do with the riots
The green and Palestine Action stuff seems to be focused on overwhelming the police and little else
The current government have actually done lot of good things. Planning reform record NHS investment, stopped the first lot of strikes, record deportations, India, US, Europe deals, wage rises, interest rate cuts, record investment, reviews on everything, new regulators, I am sure I missed lots.
If you look at Twitter, there certainly talk of the government being against the people and talk of overwhelming the police and I would say a few who are actually calling for something more sinister. Some seemingly pro American / Israeli /Trump and probably some Russian or Chinese bots and some probably just far right
So what’s going on and what should be done ?
I am not saying it’s a conspiracy as such I don’t think the establishment ( billionaires the press other politicians Farage Kemi) are in on it. However if you look on social media there are clearly people who want at the very least an election 4 years early if not chaos and the fall of the government. They might be conspiring. Most won’t do much the rioters go home in the rain. A lot of the very right are old stupid or both.I'm not buying full on conspiracy theories - but I do think social media makes truth almost impossible to find these days (and agree that it's amplified all over the place by bots).
The other big change (and it's a result of social media), is that Farage had a breakthrough election last year, and so Labour are facing something very unusual. Most Governments tend to have rough starts, and try do unpopular things first, but their main opponents have just been thrown out of office, so they've got a little goodwill. Even then, it's far from unusual to be badly behind in the polls within 12-24 months.
However, this is the first Parliament where there's been a significant party of "change", without past Government baggage, there from day one - and that makes a huge difference. Take out Reform, and consider how Labour would be faring against Kemi Badenoch's Tories, and it's easy to see why there's much more pressure this time around.
How it plays out over the next four years is anyone's guess.
We had 14 years of rather rubbish government under the last lot. Yet people seemed to put up with it for a very long time.
Now within 12 months the new labour government on top of the usual complaining from the right wing media. Which has gone into over drive is facing a second summer of riots over immigration and now talk of green protesters collaborating with Palestine Action to overwhelm the police.
Neither group seems to have a clear motive. The first cannot stop immigration or people being housed in hotels. All that will happen is they will be moved to different hotels at great expense whilst the police are kept busy dealing with protesters also at expense. They will eventually be moved into housing rather than hotels so the problem will be dispersed but that’s always been the plan nothing to do with the riots
The green and Palestine Action stuff seems to be focused on overwhelming the police and little else
The current government have actually done lot of good things. Planning reform record NHS investment, stopped the first lot of strikes, record deportations, India, US, Europe deals, wage rises, interest rate cuts, record investment, reviews on everything, new regulators, I am sure I missed lots.
If you look at Twitter, there certainly talk of the government being against the people and talk of overwhelming the police and I would say a few who are actually calling for something more sinister. Some seemingly pro American / Israeli /Trump and probably some Russian or Chinese bots and some probably just far right
So what’s going on and what should be done ?
Ric?We choose our leaders through social media. We believe what we are told. Whomever owns social media is in charge.
clearly the Daily Express senior political writer just wants civil war
I'd say 'Yes'.Do you genuinely believe the last administration had less negative press than the current? I'd say no.
What with Parties, lying to the Queen and a scandal just about every other week it's hard not to see that.
The problem with this Labour government is that they are absolutely ripping themselves apart mainly through ignorance, stupidity and naivety.... and basically lying in their manifesto and has been proven many times through Starmers continuing U turns just saying what they think the public wants to hear.
They do have a massive Parliamentary majority but I tell you what.... it is also a very very fragile majority which could and maybe already has been wiped out come the next election.
So no, I am not trying to bring the Government down.... it is doing that very well to its own self