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Chris Bertram
@crookedfootball.bsky.social
Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018).
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This is obviously mainly theatre, as the "signalling" reference tells us. After all, Meloni has no expertise as such, so what could he learn? But her approach empowers human-rights abusing governments, harrasses human-rights defenders and undermines the international refugee framework

Starmer to meet Meloni for advice on tackling small-boat migration
Starmer to meet Meloni for advice on tackling small-boat migration

British premier has promised tougher border measures and to ‘smash the gangs’ that smuggle people

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SCsinurata.bsky.social

He could learn what NOT to do. Seriously, our situation is quite different to Italy's - they do have loads of people coming in on boats, we just don't.

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Jjazzaoxon.bsky.social

Hopefully, she'll learn something from him, a two way learning process.

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Ppaul00.bsky.social

Don't get it. Who is the pantomime for? Why are all politicians so sh*t at reading the room. Westminster bubbles need popping.

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Have to say, as someone who voted tactically to get rid of the last government, I’m now officially tired of this bullshit. There is no small boats crisis, there’s only the persecution of a vulnerable minority.

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Chris Bertram
@crookedfootball.bsky.social
Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018).
2.7k followers1.7k following2.5k posts