bluethrunthru
Well-Known Member
So voters in Newark place people in boats over inflation - rising fuel prices - rising child poverty - collapsing schools and hospitals etc etc
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In it, he says he has been "pushing for the strongest piece of emergency legislation" to ensure that under the Rwanda policy the government can stop as many small boats arriving to Britain "as swiftly as possible".
He writes that the small boats crisis is a "national emergency" that is doing "untold damage to our country".
He says he is unable to take the proposed emergency legislation through the Commons as he does "not believe it provides us with the best possible chance for success".
His letter continues: "A bill of the kind you are proposing is a triumph of hope over experience. The stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue the stronger protections required to end the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme and negating its intended deterrent."
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Jenrick says small boats crisis a 'national emergency'
We can bring you more now from Jenrick's resignation letter to the Prime Minister.In it, he says he has been "pushing for the strongest piece of emergency legislation" to ensure that under the Rwanda policy the government can stop as many small boats arriving to Britain "as swiftly as possible".
He writes that the small boats crisis is a "national emergency" that is doing "untold damage to our country".
He says he is unable to take the proposed emergency legislation through the Commons as he does "not believe it provides us with the best possible chance for success".
His letter continues: "A bill of the kind you are proposing is a triumph of hope over experience. The stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue the stronger protections required to end the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme and negating its intended deterrent."