Labour MP’s impassioned cry to halt cruel Rwanda policy

Stella Creasy tells MPs they will regret pushing through the Rwanda bill.
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[@pacman3607]

Can phones be banned in the chamber? Maybe if they all listened to each other and challenged each other, instead of scrolling through social media, we might actually get somewhere!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

They are their filofaxes, these days. Catch up, it's 2024 now.

[@nickmorris5546]

Stella Creasy is an amazing MP. She’s toughened the law on loan sharks, made it easier for women in Northern Ireland to get abortions and is now making it easier for women MPs to have children and a career. And she’s faced down the EDL - and all of this from the Opposition backbenches. Bravo!

[@caroltodd6691]

BANG ON well said

[@gearoftones8585]

Yeah she's so amazing that she stands with a leader who defends war crimes and who resents feeding children. Yeah, she's amazing.

[@Teknotion]

The only benefit of the Rwanda plan will only be felt by the people making this bill possible. What's the major export of Rwanda again? Gold. They're taking kickbacks and they're doing in front of our eyes.

[@ibcanadaboy4381]

And they only have one small gold mine. The gold they export is stolen from the Congo. Rwanda is a dangerous country.

[@Teknotion]

@@ibcanadaboy4381 Agreed. Dumb plan.

[@whowherewhatwhywen]

They do not want to look into that mirror that she's holding up for them.

[@annetrick4558]

So sad so few are listening. A brilliant impassioned plea for decency and compassion. What are we without it!

[@tomtheeagle1]

England!

[@TheAArmstrong]

A country with borders??

[@chorleycc]

A country where you can get a GP appointment. Anne here is thing. We all want to help refugees however it is clear the vast majority are not refugees but economic migrants. Why is it right for people from Albania for example to enter the country illegally and access government services. My wife is from New Zealand. So far we have spent in excess of £10k in visa fee etc and she is still not got her citizenship. At some we have to be honest about what is taking place. 95% of people arriving by boats are working aged men from safe countries. Even if you believe Albania is unsafe or has a low quality of life, you have to admit coming here from france claiming to be fleeing a war torn country is complete nonsense. 100% gaming the system and the generosity of the UK taxpayer

[@tomtheeagle1]

@@chorleycc Apart from the fact that you are writing ill informed nonsense, you really should save your ire for those who are actually to blame for the obviously unfair treatment that you and your wife are getting and they are not refugees and asylum seekers.Well over 70% of asylum seekers are given leave to stay and of those that appeal, over 80% of them are then granted asylum status. The government, who are both immorally and illegally passing this vile bill are to blame for the state of the country and the post Brexit shit show that is our immigration system in general. Not the people fleeing war, persecution,. torture, famine, climate disasters and God knows what. Many of those problems they are fleeing are also our fault, especially in places like Iraq and Afghanistan

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@chorleycc Evidence for your claim of 95%? Cite your source. A refugee and economic migrant are not the same but you have conflated them. There is an agreement in place with Albania for people who do not have the right to make a claim for asylum in Britain to be returned quickly. The UK government has hailed its success. Are you unaware of this? Lack of GP appointments is nothing to do with immigration or refugees- it is because the NHS is not funded properly due to the Tories mindless and callous policy of austerity, and the fact that Britain spends 7% less than France and Germany on healthcare. Again, you are probably unaware of the underfunding of the NHS. You mention being honest about what it taking place- the best place to start would be refraining from posting inaccurate and misleading comments that you cannot substantiate and which do not match reality.

[@georgecorish4283]

Well said stella 100 per cent god bless

[@peterscott6818]

Hats off to Stella Creasy! This was a speech that demonstrated that politicians are not all the same. The ECHR is a jewel in our democracy. It is not a foreign court. It is an international court of which the UK is a fully functioning member. Those like Creasy who champion it fill me with hope for a free future. Those on the opposite benches who seek to undermine it so they can get their way and to hell with everyone else fill me with contempt. I pray they are shown the door at the next election. They do not deserve their privilege.

[@tomtheeagle1]

Oratory in a modern parliamentary debate! Who knew it still existed? Bravo!

[@gen_x_dad]

I don't even have a dog in this fight. Not my country, not my concern. But I could listen to this eloquent lady talk all night.

[@tomtheeagle1]

@@gen_x_dad Universal human rights are everyone's concern!

[@gen_x_dad]

Sure, @@tomtheeagle1 but my universal human rights are fine and no British law or government can change that. If your government decides it can take away my rights at will, I'll just never set foot on that island again. Plenty of golf courses with better weather and better food in countries that are, you know, safe and democratic.

[@tomtheeagle1]

@@gen_x_dad Should have known that you're a golfer!

[@tomgreen2737]

The only thing that is cruel is destroying a country with migration.

[@oshanegrant8494]

George Orwell 1984 is a good book to read right now...

[@johnavery3941]

I watched this great speach but sadly she was talking to the tories who were not there,the ones that were there phones looking for new jobs

[@hannofranz7973]

It's a shame that the MPs don't even consider it necessary to go to the parliament sessions.

[@gildominguesdomingues3295]

Don't care if Labour or any other party, but so good to hear some human speech defending every human beings! Hope that's not only for politics. World won't get better until politicians truly work for the people and not for political and party gains!!!

[@Welshqueen1]

All politicians should be discussing this and arrive at Parliament daily, I am so sick of mps not turning up and still benefitting remove them from their constituencys clearly they do not care asap they are happy to fill the room when its about their payment's but not liberty's of their constituencys ... The UK parties of Parliament are a joke.

[@Touhou-forever]

Well done Stella Creasy as a Irish person the European Court of Human Rights is not only important to the Good Friday Agreement but Human rights as a whole I have no doubt that many Tories from the post War era would certainly say that this bill is something out of Nazi Germany

[@jonathandnicholson]

Someone with a bit more historical knowledge might say the English Reformation of the 1530s.

[@highburys]

yeah give it 20 years and well see how ireland is doing lol. Imagine visiting Lagos in Nigeria on holiday and 70% of the city was white british people, ever thought of that? how embarrassing and sad that would be? well yeah thats what we have in London today and if you have something to say about it I guess youre a nazi...fool

[@nimblehorse]

"Monarchy/Aristocracy (a government based on wisdom) is stable, but how over time Timocracy (a government based on honour and merit; like a military), leads to Oligarchy (a government based on wealth; a capitalist state), leads to Democracy/Anarchy (a government based on liberty and equality), leads to Tyranny (a despotic authoritarian state devoid of liberty and law and with extreme inequality) in a Republic." ~ Plato’s Republic Book VIII

[@alexandertheocharides7267]

It's fine to quote Greeks ..but when it comes to returning the stolen Parthenon marbles, it's all jingoism and obfuscation.

[@ThomasBoyd-tx1yt]

Tories are finished in England Thomas. Brilliant news. How long do want Conservatives them out Thomas 20 years. Labour party keep first past the post voting system for House of Commons yes Thomas. Labour party England win 400 Labour party MP's.

[@sly1968si]

Human rights are universal. They HAVE to be. It is not up to any government to decide which human rights to apply and which not to apply to different groups of people.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Ridiculous luxury belief system. No wonder the West is in collapse.

[@chorleycc]

This was my argument during the "Pandemic" yet some many where happy for the government to take away basic human rights and liberties as if they are on the table for any government. Labour failed me and in my opinion the nation by not standing against government lockdowns etc. They didn't make any difference. thousands of people died alone, children missed education and suicide and depression rates are through the roof. All could be foreseen yet somehow it people like me who opposed lockdowns where make out to be evil. Truth is coming.

[@jamesarnold7253]

​@@Valhalla-vk7hf out of interest if you believe it's a criminal offence do you agree they should have their court date before punishment like every other criminal? Because if you do actually believe that you'd be against this bill surely?

[@jonathandnicholson]

Human rights, if human rights exist, apply to individuals not groups. Also, the European Convention of Human Rights does not deny due process of law etc which is particular. I tend to take the view that social rights are going too far - I see people write ' is a right' without realising the correlative duty etc. I get protection from the State rights, but they quickly become social rights: for example, free expression goes from a relationship between Government and governed to between individuals.

[@jamesarnold7253]

@@Valhalla-vk7hf applying for asylum hasn't been illegal for decades. They're only illegally here if their application is rejected and they stay. Braverman herself admitted this at a parliamentary committee

[@JRattheranch]

Brilliant! 🙏

[@alanbowles1985]

Go and ask the people of Rochdale about their freedom and liberty.

[@shutup2751]

progressives do not care

[@johnhawkins4890]

A pity that MPs that did bother to turn up seem to be looking at their phones and chatting rather than listen to a brilliant speech

[@colinbrown4482]

This is the mother of the lesbian (pepper spraying cop)

[@azzaaz5458]

Well.said

[@mr.thegreat557]

Joe, show the clip of her saying NATO is a foreign court. It’s hilarious. 👍🏻😂

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

#NeverLabour

[@bonzabonza2758]

Not the sharpest tool in the box.

[@homeandfamilyservices2650]

See the Jess Phillips speech. It is a must see

[@mr.thegreat557]

😂

[@jayplay8140]

That deserves a thunderous ovation

[@alberttatlock1541]

These poor vulnerable people fleeing the war torn hell hole country of France, where they are tortured, persecuted and in fear for their lives.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Wonderful weather to.

[@crayontom9687]

And they find they find out that Creasy is using them as political capital. Gutted

[@alexandertheocharides7267]

They want to come to Britain because most speak English and not French. I thought brits like you were proud of their "glorious colonial past" . Now you have to accept the consequences

[@alberttatlock1541]

@@alexandertheocharides7267 Really? So why do they need interpreters? I never heard such rubbish, this country is full of people who cant speak English, they dont come here for the language. More African countries speak French than English.

[@TheAArmstrong]

@@alexandertheocharides7267 Yer but we don’t want our pet project as our neighbours…

[@dougiesweeny4833]

About time our public servants put this much effort on defending our own homeless living on our own streets because of government delinquency...ergo to put illegal immigrants before our own downtrodden brothers and sisters. Screw the bin folks and ask yourself whose taking you for a mug, me - or her ?

[@LimeyRedneck]

People would still be dying on our streets even if tomorrow all illegal migration stopped. I could well be on the street myself soon and will say the same thing. Don't let either party continue to distract you from the fact that those in power are responsible for the homeless population, not scary foreigners.

[@dougiesweeny4833]

Sorry to hear that. The point isn't the foreigners it's the lack of due diligence by our elected representatives (and those that pull their strings)

[@LimeyRedneck]

@@dougiesweeny4833 Agreed! To solve homelessness AND to stop stoking fear to distract/ divide us, so that they can continue not exercising due diligence as regards fulfilling their duty of care, to anyone in this country. Homelessness has many causes, illegal migration is a tiny fraction of the overall picture. Bigger factors are Thatcher's Right To Buy, along with a failure to replace the original housing stock, never mind increase supply to match any increase in population. 40% of previous council houses now rented out by rip off landlords. New properties scooped up by landlords, etc to include AirBnB! Buildings and brownfield sites empty. The closure of the mental health institutions in the '90s. A lack of mental health/ social services now. The constant artificial limiting of supply to inflate prices, so some make a lot of money while the homeless look forward to ill physical, mental health, abuse and death at an average age of 47. None of the above are solved by stopping the boats whether they are carrying illegal men of military age, rap*sts, etc or illegal migrants, asylum seekers, economic migrants, students, as well as Uncle Tom Cobley and all. Anyhow, to prevent any further screeds; I'll bid you good-day 🤠💜

[@philstaples8122]

The citizens of this country never got a fair hearing regarding mass immigration. It's quite funny hearing an MP going on about rights and freedoms but every time some piece of legislation is put before them that diminish these rights of the citizens of the country they sign it off every single time. We all know that this whole Rwanda plan was just window dressing, only ever designed to distract the population and make them think that politicians were actually going to do something about reducing the flood of poor refuges fleeing the dangerous hell hole that is France or the far higher number of immigrants destroying this country.

[@caroltodd6691]

BANG ON

[@TOP.FOX.]

Where the baby Stella.

[@LimeyRedneck]

Stella's comeback to the idiot that accused her of harvesting social media clips was brilliant!!! *EDIT* Didn't realise that she made reference to that here, lol *EDIT TWO* The guy at the end was pwned too!! Rofl 😅

[@gearoftones8585]

Acting like she gives a crap about people when she stands behind a leader who resents feeding kids and defends war crimes

[@stop-the-greed]

Why does he say sarcastically ?

[@user-le6wf9of7w]

Pity she does NOT stand for the rights and freedom of the English people but unfortunately that is liebours way !!!!!!

[@rosekk9101]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂fool

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Lefty woke Winston Churchill, isn't it? Splitter!

[@jamesadams9611p]

What does woke mean mate ?

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

​@@jamesadams9611p Ask Rishi - he said it first. Being snowflakey, I believe, offended easily.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

​@@huwzebediahthomas9193well by that logic it would tories who are "woke" but they're the ones who throw it around at everyone else, try again mate

[@Rk20.]

No seriously, we want to know. I mean, from a black perspective, you guys first said it, right?

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Hey Huw, long time, I hope that you are well 😊🙏

[@chorleycc]

I assume she is housing a migrant family in one of her spare rooms?

[@dougiesweeny4833]

My dad once told me, "You know when a politician is lying when their mouth is moving. And applies here

[@mikefox248]

Stella Creasy another NIMBY!

[@lehanedermot]

How did she vote on the ceasefire in gaza?

[@ThomasBoyd-yf5wm]

Are socialist no New Labour party Keir starmer Thomas. That Norway Oslo.

[@JavierKinklier]

❤😂 asylum 😅 you know whats crazy that americans during ww2 finally got in the war why because he might want to dip his enpanada in a warm tea british cup 😂 what does this crowd know pf freedom and liberty and can they describe tge difference between those words and what cause them to be different ❤😊

[@DW-indeed]

Stella Creasy calling out the irony 👍

[@jonathandnicholson]

What is the irony?

[@DW-indeed]

@@jonathandnicholson The good friday agreement being built on ECHR that we seek to undermine... Making us unattractive to do business with, post brexit, which was a big element of why we left...to name but two. There's also a joke about irons and creases in there for good measure.

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@DW-indeed The United Kingdom ... has left the European Union not the European Convention on Human Rights. Unless I have been misinformed. Nor am I sure leaving either is irony. The second point is more of a pun than an example of irony. Not a good pun either.

[@DW-indeed]

@@jonathandnicholson I listed two separate things, albeit separated by ellipses not commas, but I then made reference to them being two things, which should have been clear. The first point: I didn't suggest that we had left the ECHR, nor that it was the same as the EU. You must surely be aware of rumblings within the Tory far right to leave the ECHR though, yes? It's that pesky thing that gets in the way of Tories being Tories. It's ironic that, as it underpins the GF agreement (as per the speech), they would risk NI for a few boats. The second point: The irony is that we would leave an organisation (The EU) in order to *do business* with the rest of the world, and then consider doing things (leaving ECHR/legislating against international law) that, as per t'speech, would make us *less attractive to do business with*. I make no claims on the quality of the pun (everyone's a critic), nor that the pun itself was irony (that was aaallll you), but I stand by it 🤪

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@DW-indeed I am not sure you understand irony or that Brexit the opposition to the European Convention of Human Rights is about sovereignty rather than small boats per se. Some people said Brexit was about trade, but Brexit was principally about sovereignty. Not every policy is implemented for the sake of the economy and/or trade. Even if Brexit was about the economy and/or trade, well, not every policy is about the economy and/or trade. Your point about the European Convention of Human Rights getting the way of Tories (Conservatives because Tories refers to specific people at a specific moment in history who were unified on a specific issue which was not human rights, but I get what you mean) being Tories, well, that confirms the lack of irony before we get onto whether the claim/statement is humourous. What did you expect Tories to do? Not everything you disagree with is 'ironic'. The ironic thing about Alanis Morriesette's Isn't It Ironic? song is not a single example of irony was given (because you would expect a song about irony to have examples of irony). I asked 'what is ironic?' and you replied the way you did. I thought the pun was part of the irony given you posted 'There is also ...'.

[@stephenhaw8048]

British rights for British people not illegal migrants

[@artoflament]

She demolishes a straw man. What a hero.

[@georgemorrison4064]

As somebody said, the most dangerous place to be in Parliament is between Stella Creasy and a passing bandwagon

[@Madeinwem]

If one does not want to be extradited to Ruanda, one should not try to entre the UK illegally! ie, stay in the safe country of France.

[@alberttatlock1541]

She was talking such baloney that no one was listening - not on either side. They were all talking to each other, what few of them were present.

[@kitglare8800]

baloney v. baloney

[@Ant-dx8yt]

So who's going to be the first to complain about a refugee house next door?....all of them.

[@carltontweedle5724]

How about freedom and liberty for the people of are land, not being told what to do by are Servants. We want justice for this land also the ones that gave us the jab the fines and taking away the freedoms of the people. Jail for them, I wonder if labour new.

[@donny4855]

Except theyll not reverse the policy if in power, under Starmer

[@caroltodd6691]

what a load off shit from a Tory voter your government is the reason why we are in this shit through you voting these muppets in

[@northleedspoppa]

What do you get from making things up

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Utter BS. Yvette Cooper made it abundantly clear she would.

[@pigeon1426]

​@@petyrkowalski9887 she was asked: yes or no, would labour remove the Rwanda policy, and she stumbled around, and ultimately said nothing

[@northleedspoppa]

@@pigeon1426 no she didn't Why lie?

[@jasontippins6268]

Yawn!

[@caroltodd6691]

the only yawn i can see is the PATHETIC Tory government you voted for

[@jedjones9047]

What's surprising is people actually voted for this woman' we'll be swamped if Labour get their way.

[@jasonjordan1936]

i will never vote labour again

[@lamarshall623]

The ECHR was not set up for its current use, if the ECHR actually did what it was originally set up for there would be zero argument over Rwanda and the queue jumpers in small boats (who are jumping ahead of legitimate asylum seekers who wait patiently for a decision) would be awaiting a decision there. How DARE Stella Creasy put forward such a disengenuous argument, citing Churchill.

[@graemefk6519]

Probably because she is right. A refugee is a refugee. That much has not changed since 1951. In as much as 70%+ of applicants (yes, even those who have arrived "illegally" - in fact, seeking asylum is not illegal, however a person arrives) have that status granted, so 20+% have their application refused. In that sense, the rules haven't changed and are being applied. This policy is an untidy and unworkable proposition, at best it's a distraction from the real problems that we face, at worst it's a really nasty gateway to a slew of other legislation that could use this proposed law as a thin end of a wedge.

[@davidclark1545]

She’s worried her voters will be sent away….

[@caroltodd6691]

do not know here as for me and my 400 Staff Labour all the way Tory voter

[@TonyToning-ne7uq]

I along with millions of other Brits value our safety! she should be sacked and removed to prison for treason...

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

Stfu Tony, a trillion refugees aren't as dangerous to our collective safety as our current govrnment

[@juliancalero8012]

The Rwanda policy is performative cruelty done to a vast minority of asylum seekers so that the government doesn't get flack for failing thousands of asylum seekers by not letting them work and not giving them a verdict in a timely fashion and failing people like you for spending more on distractions than it would cost to fix the issues facing us properly so the wealthy can loot our country for all it has

[@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510]

Coincidence, that's what Herman Goering said about an opposition spokesman who stood up for Jews in the Weimar.

[@lithobolos]

So other nations don't have to respect internal law when it comes to Britain and British citizens? Maybe you should treat people the way you want to be treated instead. (I doubt you want your rights not to be respected.)

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Why is valuing our rights and respecting international law a safety risk? Do enlighten us.

[@crayontom9687]

Stella Creasy. It’s a no from me. The ultimate virtue signaller

[@caroltodd6691]

ITS YES FOR ME TORY VOTER

[@crayontom9687]

@@caroltodd6691 far from it. I’m really Labour, not like Creasy who just cosplays

[@caroltodd6691]

load off Bull @@crayontom9687