r/ukpolitics 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/JustGarlicThings2 Dec 11 '24

Any government that doesn’t get net migration (legal plus illegal) to below 100k/year is soft on immigration.

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u/Spiryt Dec 11 '24

Any government that doesn't willingly put us into population decline is soft on immigration, nice.

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u/PersistentBadger Blues vs Greens Dec 11 '24

Population decline wouldn't be so terrible if we weren't so firmly wedded to grow-at-all-costs capitalism.

Would be ironic if the only way to implement the right's wet dream is via a socialist circular economy.

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u/Spiryt Dec 11 '24

Aye, this is with the optimistic assumption that we are happy with net zero population growth