We live in a truly ridiculous and probably unsustainable political reality where we simultaneously must balance the books with difficult decisions, but for certain things there is a truly unlimited pool of money that cannot, must not, ever run out

ASandrewstroehlein.bsky.socialMar 1, 2024 1:11pm

It’s really amazing what people are willing to spend on hate. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Rwanda plan to cost UK £1.8m for each asylum seeker, figures show

Disclosure, calculated on basis of 300 deportations, called ‘staggering’ by chair of the home affairs committee

It’s probably cheaper to pay someone to stay than to send them to another country for processing (with the potential they end up staying anyway). An insane waste of money being spent on a performative exercise