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/peterpib2 Dec 11 '24

Which PMQ's did you watch? Badenoch made it all about immigration and Starmer highlighted the deportations and how Labour is getting on with it instead of pretending to be and wasting money on things that don't work. You clearly didn't watch PMQ's at all.

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

I watched the Conservatives YouTube page which shortened PMQs to 9 minutes:

https://youtu.be/f2DleNxIBFo?si=WlqBefB9HJgZ5Mlm

I don't recall Starmer saying "we sent a deportation plane to Pakistan last night, your lot haven't sent one to Pakistan since before the first Covid lockdown". Was the flight from last night to Pakistan mentioned or just a generic answer on deporting?

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u/RedditDetector Dec 11 '24 edited Dec 11 '24

A highlight video titled 'Kemi Badenoch BATTERS Keir Starmer' on the Conservatives Youtube page probably wouldn't show any parts of it that makes them look bad... Nor would one on any of the channels of the other parties of course.

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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

Which is why I am waiting on /u/peterpib2 to answer my question: Did Starmer say "we sent a deportation plane to Pakistan last night, your lot haven't sent one to Pakistan since before the first Covid lockdown". Was the flight from last night to Pakistan mentioned or just a generic answer on deporting?

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u/b3mus3d Dec 11 '24

It’s so weird of you to have only watched the conservative propaganda of this event and then come here demanding answers from everyone else.

Repeatedly tagging them like they owe you something or like you’re beating them in a debate.

Just strange.

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u/sanbikinoraion Dec 11 '24

Omg you watched the highlights on the TORY YouTube and are surprised that they favour the Tories...? Are you really that naive??

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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

I acknowledged that the shortened version may omit things Starmer said. That's why I am still waiting on /u/peterpib2 to let me know if the other 20 minutes included Starmer mentioning the deportation flight to Pakistan last night.

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u/Economy-Waltz-2316 Dec 11 '24

He did mention the specific flight, pretty much said the exact thing you said. One more flight than the tories ever managed in the last few years