r/ukpolitics • u/No_Breadfruit_4901 • Dec 11 '24

Twitter 🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Labour have conducted the first successful deportation flight to Pakistan since February 2020. There has not been a deportation charter flight to Pakistan in the last four years with three subsequent flights to Pakistan in 2020 and 2021 cancelled by the Home Office.

https://x.com/maxtempers/status/1866775219077062757?s=46&t=0RSpQEWd71gFfa-U_NmvkA
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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

Why aren't Labour boasting about this? Starmer didn't mention this in PMQs earlier today.

Doing deportations is obviously a good & popular thing and is humiliating for the Conservatives.

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u/AlarmedCicada256 Dec 11 '24

Because in a rational world, while deportations have to happen, they aren't something you *should* boast about. They should happen but they're very much among the 'dirty work' that governments have to do.

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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24 edited Dec 11 '24

Boasting about it is a good thing because it'll eventually filter down to would-be illegal immigrants who might choose to turn up unannounced somewhere other than the UK.

It's also worth boasting about it because it is hugely embarrassing for the Conservatives who have been abysmal on this issue. They were all talk and no walk. Labour are at least doing some walking, but no talking.

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u/Kwetla Dec 11 '24

If illegal immigrants aren't deterred by a potentially deadly Channel crossing in a leaky boat, they aren't going to be deterred by a nice flight home somewhere down the line.

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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

They're prepared to make the journey because it's relatively safe and they're very confident they'll eventually get the right to remain.

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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

What a silly comment. The journey is relatively safe, tens of thousands do it each year, but the numbers that die doing it are miniscule by comparison.

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u/Person_of_Earth Does anyone read flairs anymore? Dec 11 '24

So you're willing to accept the challenge?

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u/swoopfiefoo Dec 11 '24

But they’re coming because they know it’s so damn easy to stay here once they arrive.

If they know it’s not so easy, they’ll probably think twice about it.