Rishi Sunak will be gone 'by Autumn' thanks to Rwanda Bill | Tim Montgomerie

"Is it going to turn around the Tories fortunes and mean they get a majority? No."
Rishi Sunak 'won't get to autumn' and should have scrapped the Rwanda bill, Tim Montgomerie tells #timesradio
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[@neilbarnes7537]

Better to send all the Tories to Rwanda. I’d vote for that.

[@rwo5402]

Now that is a good policy... and send ReformUK as well to make sure the Tories don't escape.

[@nickybee3731]

And it would be cheaper for the country 😂

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

Ha, that would be a good policy or priority

[@nigelmorley5414]

@@rwo5402 and have a permanent socialist Britian, NO THANKS

[@molster66]

Stand for election on that policy alone and you'll win by a landslide. And they have to go by dinghy. That's one dinghy.

[@diverguy3556]

It was brave of Rishi to cancel HS2. What a w@nker!

[@Theplaysthet]

Brave….. Cowardly more like

[@tolrem]

The exact word that came to mind! Is this guy on something?Seriously.

[@peterbalchin9077]

I am unsure about cancelling it. Was it ever really intended to go beyond Birmingham?

[@markeh1971]

Cancelled HS2 act of “bastedry” to spoil successors chances up north. Take care M.

[@chrispalmer7893]

Brave is often used to describe decisions that are unpopular, and it's an odd word to choose in what is supposed to be a representative democracy...

[@patriciamoffat1542]

I get sick of an unelected prime minister repeating his "plan" his "its the right thing to do". "This is what the public want". How would he have a clue about the public. Blooming arrogant little snob.

[@AlfredMogaji]

You elected the party😂

[@Liam.Fairhurst]

I never voted for em 😂​@@AlfredMogaji

[@AlfredMogaji]

@@Liam.Fairhurst same here 🙋🏾‍♂️😂🤣 First past the post democracy 😅

[@debb6393]

Well said.

[@dennismay1023]

Parasitic little snob at that.

[@user-hj3rz6xt5m]

Worst government ever

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Thatcher wins that one by a long way...if you were not around at that time you wont understand.

[@robhughes645]

@@malcolmstockbridge2569 I was around and understand fully. This is much worse!!! Thatcher was a female Trump, delusional and a complete narcissist (aren't they all) but this is another level of incompetence. Britain has moved from a world leader to world joke in 10 years, when the economy has never been stronger (we are actually in a historically balanced economy, it's just greed and over consumption, which the Tories love, that have led people to overspend and extend themselves). This government is the worst performing government of all time.

[@col.hertford9855]

@@malcolmstockbridge2569not a chance. Thatcher is ultimately responsible for this mess, but the state of the UK now is way worse than then.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

@@col.hertford9855 I cant disagree strongly enough, she destroyed this country and Im being honest for most it was far worse then than now, you had to be there to understand.

[@vinvin1715]

@@col.hertford9855 you obviously do not understand politics, to make a statement like that. Incredible!

[@Sausage1958]

Will the torys give me 2 million pounds to leave the UK please. I won't ask for another penny. I'm white, born in the UK, and ex forces. It's going to cost that for every person they send to Rwanda (not that it will happen)

[@debbiemerls]

I wonder how much the government spent on barristers to get this through court? Don’t forget to factor that in to the cost/per person deported. What a farce!

[@gerrylast]

I don't think your color matters, or where you were born. Plenty of ghurkas got a worse deal fighting for Britain

[@davebento1548]

I am white, uk born and ex Moreton on lugg. Can I sit next to you on the plane ?

[@vinvin1715]

Will the torys give me 2 million pounds to leave the UK please? It's actually Tories! and where do you get such a ridiculous figure from?

[@user-of8ps8ic4h]

So being white makes you special or…?

[@Gaviek1]

Offended by small boats? Rishi has made brave decisions? This guy has been on planet Tory too long

[@GW-jw9vs]

Brave does not mean good or correct. It just means hard.

[@fatnurse]

Exactly! I’m offended by small boats because this shower of a government force people onto them by closing off legal routes to them!

[@gerrylast]

Planet labour did little to sort the problem apart perhaps from that "illegal war" thing.

[@JamesBrown-ob9mh]

@@gerrylast how can they??? They have not been in power for 14 yrs. Red area working class people voted the tories in to do the Job aka referendum Cuddly Johnson. You get what you vote for.

[@ManGoatHamburger]

@@gerrylastMass immigration is neoliberal; it was designed to meet the needs of business, not the whims of ideologues.

[@adamsimmons631]

He can take the rest of his Party with him! A truly unmitigated disaster

[@spacechannelfiver]

he's toast. can we have an election please.

[@TheVicar]

Hold your horses there Infosys says no

[@nigelsmith2044]

No

[@Robutube1]

He's worse than toast - he's still meddling, disastrously, with the nation's fortunes (or lack of).

[@deano_bites]

Worst Government in living memory !

[@hudldevice1092]

As unlikely as that seems - given that we've been through Blair, Brown, Cameron, May and Johnson - you may well be right. How depressing.

[@michaeladkins6]

@@hudldevice1092 You forgot Truss or are you just tried to wipe her from your memory.

[@deanalford8417]

It's all true, but think of it like this, we're in the best position since blairs 2nd term- were free from the EU and were almost at cleaning level within the house - once we get these idiots out who are high on drugs we will be Great again, to many immigrants and to many drugged up MPs is like 1940s Europe all over again

[@Cherrytune386]

EVER!

[@KevinWright-rw6cy]

I will be 70 next week and this is the worst government I have had the misfortune to live under, if I was 20 next week I would be off

[@grizcuz]

At least HS2 continuing would have created jobs and infrastructure in this country. What's the Rwanda scheme doing except making Rwanda government officials wealthier? Montgomery creating an institution called 'The Centre For Social Justice' has got to win a prize for the most ironically named think tank in the country. What have the Tories done for social justice apart from making the rich wealthier and the poor poorer over the last 14 years.

[@joshuaherbert2472]

Not to mentions the fact HS2 / HS3 would be a net benefit to the UK, while the Rwanda Plan is a loss at £1.5million per asylum seeker.

[@debb6393]

@@joshuaherbert2472after watching some of the asylum seekers on C4 news last night they would be an asset if allowed to work here as university educated and desperately escaping persecution.

[@alex_n8863]

Don't they always name their "think tanks" after things they don't believe in? (Tax Payers Alliance, Global Warming Policy Foundation.)

[@Simon-xc5oy]

The trouble with "infrastructure" projects in the uk is that they cost so much. They make a big deal of it at the time, how it will create jobs and bring in money...and its cobblers. It creates jobs for a few years in construction. When its built the jobs are gone. There is nothing long term. And the costs and hangers on milk it dry so it ends up costing four times as much as it should. All industry is gone, steel making, tank and ship building, textiles and clothes...there is nothing left here we make or produce in large numbers as we cant compete. That used to employ lots of people full time long term jobs. The latest madness is to build all over farm land so we produce less food in the Uk for a growing population and import more of what we eat! When it should and could be grown here. Its all completely mad.

[@melthebell33]

Glad a tory admits that its utter codswallop, they think it will appeal to core tory voters but people that can think logically know it wont do a thing.

[@tomtheprogressive7878]

General Election now

[@kimaspindale9721]

Never talks about health sevice roads economy strikes they are history

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

British people are sick of self serving politicians playing games. We know what they did. Those of us who are so offended by the small boats are not offended because it’s a huge issue, it’s because the Tories beat us round the head with it as a way to cover up their mismanagement of EVERYTHING. They need to go and somebody needs to unshackle the civil service to do their bloody jobs

[@debb6393]

Well said

[@johnriley9742]

"A brave decision to cancel HS2" - A perfect example of why we need to get these idiots out of power.

[@CountScarlioni]

Usually in political jargon, "brave" is used to mean a decision that is deeply unpopular and likely to lose a shedload of votes. So in that respect, yes, very brave!

[@johnriley9742]

@@CountScarlioni spin master spin faster

[@tubaman500]

I live in Surrey. I have driven from Dorking to Redhill, I lost count of the number of potholes on the road between there and here. How much money has been wasted on the Rwanda policy and the fact they have lost sight of the basics to be fixed in this country, and worrying about appeasing the right wing of his party.

[@user-nx4eb8go5b]

The money spent so far equates to 5,700,000 extra GP appointments or 95,000,000 free school meals for hungry kids. I know what I prefer to spend my taxes on and it's not crazy stunts like Rwanda!

[@breamoreboy]

People in the Dorset council area are grateful for the £ millions to fix potholes that has come out of the HS2 budget. What a fantastic way to invest tax payers' cash. I wonder what the next brilliant scheme is?

[@chatham43]

@tuba..so is it just the cost of the policy or the policy itself you take issue with...you're not being very clear!

[@tubaman500]

@@chatham43 both in equal measure!

[@darthwiizius]

2003-2006 once a week I used to drive from Redhill to Dorking. I don't remember that road being in bad condition back then, I wonder what happened to change that?

[@Joshua-gw6tt]

one can only hope he doesn’t make it to Autumn

[@Bruce_9000]

He needs to be forcibly removed before he causes even more damage

[@garyh1572]

That applies to whole Tory Party. Ideally, I would like all people who have ever voted Conservative to go on a re-education course .

[@debb6393]

@@garyh1572or to Rwanda?

[@paulinetaylor1125]

Too late now!

[@tomthumb2361]

The Tories couldn't care less about the North. You have to be bonkers to vote for them north of the Trent.

[@terryloftus3207]

You have to be bonkers to vote for them,PERIOD.

[@dyslexicfomo7618]

North of Lands End…

[@stephenlaw9886]

Anyone on 20k a yr will get hammered by Labour. They need it to pay their supporters benefits.

[@terryloftus3207]

@@stephenlaw9886 Hammered? We are already hammered by the tories.Highest taxes ever.I know I will get very little of Labour,but it will be a darn sight more than I have EVER had of these Tories.

[@econundrum1977]

BS, I'm offended by this policy. The backlog is entirely down to the government going slow on processing applications.

[@GW-jw9vs]

No. it is down to illegal immigrants arriving in the tens of thousands. Once processed they still can't easily be removed. I wish you bleeding hearts would think of your own countrymen and less about foreign invaders.

[@peterturnball8310]

Rwanda could be the policy that finishes Sunak. How he thinks that flying a negligible amount of people out of this country will satisfy the Tory right or Reform voters is beyond belief - even if he gets it through parliament, which he may not. It's a lose - lose scenario for Sunak, and with such a huge cost to something that'll make little difference to illegal immigration figures, what an idiot he was to make this his flagship policy.

[@cupguin]

It's about performative cruelty. Like painting over a mural because you can't be too welcoming to unaccompanied minors. Doesn't solve anything, doesn't change the numbers coming into the country, costs a ridiculous amount of money but you get to look like you hate immigrants more than anyone. Which is brilliant, you don't want to solve issues that make your base show up to vote, you want them to be angry about the issue and to think you're the only person who cares as much as they do. Dull bureaucratic solutions that improve things and don't fire up the base are exactly what they want to avoid.

[@nonuser9602]

Looks he wants to take all Pakistans to Rwanda. May be this can help.

[@finlybenyunes8385]

​@@nonuser9602There's only one Pakistan...

[@majormalonemalone8011]

Ccc

[@entropy5431]

​@@finlybenyunes8385Perhaps not for long.

[@milamber82]

Rishi? Brave? They words shouldn't be used in a sentence together.

[@Adam-pt3cb]

The idea of replacing the ECHR with a UK act of Parliament that can be adjusted and slowly degraded by a simple parliamentary majority is genuinely worrying, especially when you have a government that is already stamping down on the right to protest.

[@kevingunning7569]

Labour has already committed to reversing this ridiculous policy.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

labour have committed to lots of things but then dropped them. I'm sorry but labour don't fill me with any hope.

[@20quid]

"brave to cancel HS2" That has to be one of the most moronic things I've ever heard.

[@mattgrant9479]

This guy is on drugs or the spectrum or both. The fact he has found success in life should inspire all of us.

[@mjc8281]

Could Tim Montgomerie be more of a tool, I'm willing to bet he wouldn't spend a night in one of the hotels we are keeping these people in as for cancelling HS2... just no. Anyway I will leave this comment with the fact that he thinks the UK should have a "special relationship with Viktor Orbán and Hungary" nothing more needs to be said about his credibility

[@YUDNSAY]

Not a fan then....

[@mjc8281]

@@YUDNSAY I think it is fair to say he and I won't be going to one of those hotel bars for a drink anytime soon!

[@MaxDamageTV]

I didn't know he was an Orban fan. Imagine being that morally confused. Embarassing.

[@tt-ew7rx]

How can these people be Orban fans whilst pursuing supports to Ukraine and anti-Putin policies?

[@noahbrock349]

​@@MaxDamageTVWhat's wrong with being an Orban fan?

[@BenchRacerRC]

hes toast.

[@brianm.9062]

being rich has never equated to intelligence, and these tories are pure proof of that fact.

[@debb6393]

Remember someone saying Osborne was ‘educated beyond his intelligence’ and same for all Tories.

[@ep5019]

It does though let's be honest. It just means those beneath them are on average even stupider.

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

The only brave thing about cancelling HS2 is that Rishi will go down in history as the man who stopped this country moving forward

[@geoffbucks5803]

WHAT EXACTLY have we got so far for the £500,000.000 already paid to RWANDA

[@rrbh]

Does he get paid for uttering claptrap like " half of me is 100% with Rishi Sunak."

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Its not such a silly statement actually, the same can be said of a lot of Labour voters who are 100% Labour voters but not a fan of Starmer....I sort of get what he is saying.

[@paulgibbons2320]

It's not a solution. It's not realistic. It's far too late, and it will not give people what they want. It's a charade.

[@Boghopper1979]

When someone quotes Danny Kruger (as if he represents the views of normal people), I immediately dismiss anything else they have to say

[@debb6393]

Me too!

[@octavia2]

Goodness, it's interesting watching these people. You forget how utterly loathsome the Tory backroom people are. I suppose it's not surprising.

[@colinwhyte3402]

The Rwanda policy, has become a 'live or die' policy for the tories. It has had so much focus on it, & what has happened is they now have no other plans to try to sort out immigration. The tories now have been in power for too long, that they have run out of ideas.

[@abdellahcharafi1823]

Rwanda policy will work.

[@moomin7461]

​@@abdellahcharafi1823 😂😂

[@janepoynter3660]

election now !! i use to feel proud of this country not anymore what a mess it is now !

[@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk]

The Rwanda story is so ironic. I am from South Africa and we have tremendous respect for the way Rwanda turned itself around after the genocide and how the country is run nowadays. French-speaking nation, English being the second language. If I could get an opportunity to work there, I will go tomorrow. Unfortunately the cost of living is very high. Farming is still in its infancy, it is a small land-locked country and most produce are imported.

[@frankcb11]

You would go to Rwanda? No you won’t

[@PBR060661]

The policy to send immigrants to Rwanda is a poor one and is not the fault of the Rwandan government. I visited Rwanda in December (totally unrelated to UK immigration) and was lucky enough to meet government ministers who are young and ambitious for the country. According to CIA, Rwanda is the best place to do business in Sub-Saharan Africa because it's systems work (including finance system) and it has the lowest incidence of corruption. People who are angry at the policy should blame the UK government, not Rwanda. Visit - you'll be pleasantly surprised.

[@carlishiggins]

He is a Monster abusing and bullying poverty line poor and sick in pain weak vulnerable people who don't know how to cheat and lie to become rich

[@andrewfanning3280]

Daily migrant count: 300 out by flight 600 in by boat

[@sarahbarrett1247]

Plus the refugees that Rwanda will send to us on the return flight. No one speaks about that but it’s part of the deal no one talks about.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

Not my business since I live across the pond, but this Rwanda policy seems TOTALLY INSANE😮. Of course we have our own insanity going on, but this is folly. Spending this amount of money alone doesn't make sense, and Britain is skint. I wish you luck my British cousins

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Dont ever fall into the trap of thinking the UK is skint.....there is plenty of money there but its just all in the wrong places.

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

Yesterday evening, I was a group of middle-class retired people, the group that supposedly still backs the Conservatives. Not one of them supported the current government. While this was the Midlands, it was an area that's has a Tory council and has traditionally returned a Tory MP. They all thought something needed to be done to stop the boat, but no one said the Rwanda plan was a good idea

[@Jaaj2009]

The small boats and Rwanda scheme has nothing to do with immigration, its a distraction from the fact that the Tories have allowed a massive number of legal migrants from Africa and India to prop up GDP post-Brexit. They are pretending to be tough on immigration via this policy when in fact as a government they are allowing higher migration than the Blair years. The country should be having a conversation about if this is good or bad for the country rather than worrying about if this policy will work or not. Remember that when Suella is tweeting about immigration being so high - it happened on her watch as home sec

[@MrDeadhead1952]

Perhaps if the party you support Tim hadn't virtually stopped processing asylum claims for the previous 5 years the asylum seekers in hotels could have had their application rejected and removed or approved and be contributing to the economy.

[@xelakram]

Sunak is a FOOL!

[@luxecocodiva]

😂

[@xelakram]

@@luxecocodiva Send Sunak to Rwanda!

[@MrYossarianuk]

Funny he'll be taken out by the effects of Brexit

[@TimComley]

Really

[@Bigspins21]

The country has been

[@therealrobertbirchall]

​@@Bigspins21which country?

[@Bigspins21]

@@therealrobertbirchall Zimbabwe 😂 what country do you think?

[@therealrobertbirchall]

@@Bigspins21 you tel me England, Scotland, Wales?

[@nickdoughty518]

Cancelling HS2? So we end up as the only major European country without a high-speed train network.

[@Liam.Fairhurst]

The train systems in Europe puts us to shame. I love using their public transport

[@nickdoughty518]

@Liam.Fairhurst it's generally much cheaper as well as faster!

[@PaulAJohnston1963]

We do have one, it's called HS1 🙂

[@nickdoughty518]

@@PaulAJohnston1963 ha ha. 116 miles only. The French have 2000 kms and for over forty years. We are SO far behind. Hopeless.

[@danielbliss1988]

@@PaulAJohnston1963 yes, it's a branch line that connects to the French railways' branch line from Lille to Calais. A little bone from Europe for the country cousins across the Channel.

[@paulbiggs5523]

I am sick and tired of hearing about the Rwanda plan. The numbers to be sent are minimal compared to those who arrive on an almost daily basis. If half the effort that has been put into the Rwanda farce was put into noting the country out it would at least have helped a bit but, no, our government still goes on about it.

[@dalightmaiso1553]

He has already paid 600 million to Rwanda

[@bombheadgames9565]

Look on the bright side, he is wrecking everything a bit slower than lettuce woman.

[@gerrylast]

Could be worse, we could have labour in 😊

[@jamesjarrett52]

They re finished and the damage that has been done is irreversable.

[@daviddunmore7076]

The Rwanda policy is a textbook example of the Fallacy of sunk costs.

[@andrewcalladine2507]

Cancelling HS2 was a mistake not a brave decision.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Tories never give the north anything but promise's.

[@kimaspindale9721]

Rwanda shambles incompement never mentions the cost i wonder way 😅😅😅

[@piccalillipit9211]

*THE BIT EVERYONE IS MISSING* Rwanda is a LAND LOCKED country and you cant overfly another country's airspace with an internationally declared illegal flight The country allowing overflight would be subject to legal challenge

[@swanvictor887]

oops, sorry Pit, I didn't see your comment before I just said the same thing lol.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@swanvictor887 Oh dont worry - but the EU has already said they wont allow overflight, so it would havt to go out into the Atlantic - down the west coast of Africa and then across the Democratic Republic of Congo - a country wanting aid and assistance from the US, the EU and China at a time when the UK has cut its aid budget to almost nill... I cant see them giving conscent

[@swanvictor887]

lol...they might...for a Fee!! lol@@piccalillipit9211

[@Bigspins21]

Deport Rishi Sunak.

[@michaeladkins6]

He will be on the first plane to San Fransisco. Whether theyve tallied all the votes or not.

[@user-mw9bd2ey6s]

To Southampton?

[@Unknown24466]

He would be moving to California he almost became a US citizen but was delayed to be PM. Hope he never returns back to England.

[@johngorton-qu9xn]

Sunaks citizenship should be revoked and he deported to Rwanda

[@willyb3463]

All the money for HS2 that went from our pockets to theirs. I doubt they even intended to go through with it at all, they've just blagged loads of money and land. How brave of him.

[@geoffbucks5803]

WE SHOULD ALL BOYCOTT ANY AIRLINE TAKING MIGRANTS TO RWANDA

[@ep5019]

Why? Should illegals not be deported?

[@annnickolls8741]

Why

[@ep5019]

@@annnickolls8741 because he's been told to be angry about it

[@j.johnson3520]

An extremely engaging and knowledgeable conversation between people that actually knew the subject really well. Very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@vinvin1715]

Why do they keep dragging this guy out he gesticulates like crazy! Can he not sit still when he speaks. As someone else says below sunak is STILL THERE MR MONTGOMERY! However I wish YOU were gone there are much better journalists than you out there to give an opinion.

[@darthwiizius]

He's junked up to his eyeballs mate, it's not just the gesticulations it's the slurred speech, dry/swollen tongue sensation he displays and his inability to control his movement. I think Michael Gove popped round with his mate Charlie.

[@breamoreboy]

Well done you speakers, you've again managed to avoid raising the Good Friday Agreement while talking about joining Russia and Belarus in leaving the ECHR.

[@abdellahcharafi1823]

ENOUGHT IS ENOUGHT. well done Sunak

[@johnbridger5629]

I am a lot more offended by Tim Montgomerie than by small boats. Many voters dislike small boats because they believe there should be alternative safer routes.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

Can think of 700,000 who made it safely

[@cupguin]

​@@hosephanerothe1440 If you want people to think you have a grown up understanding of this topic try not conflating immigration with asylum.

[@Sam-gw5pl]

They really don’t

[@chrisdark4375]

Spent a little time in the loo earlier...

[@tompearce3610]

Totally agree but boat crossings are like Brexit all over again. Make people angry or scared so that rational thought stops...then tell them your solution to the problem you've created. Keep repeating the emotional trigger words and the solution. If you repeat often enough then it doesn't matter how crazy it is. Three words often best Leave means Leave, Brexit means Brexit, Stop the Boats, Don't Think Through - sorry, don't mention that one!

[@Keith-re2nw]

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

[@johngalvin3124]

The bloke in the rocking chair is dreaming

[@joegroup1]

Sending illegal immigrants to Rwanda, could be Rishi Sunak's Poll Tax, it's a political dead end, which will end in Rishi Sunak being ousted.

[@NickRothman1980]

I'd listen to the opinion of Danny La Rue before Danny Kruger!!

[@MrTimhudson]

Happy f****** days.

[@davidjupp961]

Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda, that'll fix the economy

[@sol2746]

Sunak is not wanted or needed but i think he rates himself very highly.

[@chrispalmer7893]

"Who governs Britain?" Yeah, they've tried that one before. Did NOT go well...

[@user-kv7gg2go1z]

Its a pity Rishi Sunak's determination doesn't stretch to sorting out important issues such as the NHS and maintenance of the roads.

[@maggiemondo7459]

Lots of people coming to this country via the education system not just landing in small boats!

[@kevinwalton4538]

Brize Norton and a fleet of 4 “ Commercial” aircraft owned by a subsidiary of the MoD, used for flying forces staff to the Falklands and NATO countries !

[@swanvictor887]

indeed but there is a little matter of asking other countries PERMISSION to Fly Military aircraft over their airspace on an internationally illegal mission to Rwanda...! Of course, the sheer cost of using these aircraft is left to the taxpayers, around $400,000 per hour, approx.

[@martycrow]

I love the way Kate is sipping on an early Whisky & Soda, much like Mrs T. in the old days.

[@dyslexicfomo7618]

When I first heard of the Rwanda plan, I thought it was a new Monty Python skit!

[@jbrooks8542]

Maybe people wouldn't be offended by the thought of asylum seekers staying in hotels if the press didn't spin it as them getting a free holiday. They aren't running like 3 star hotels when they're full of asylum seekers and casually throwing out lines like that is pretty reprehensible

[@swanvictor887]

well, to be fair, the people working for this radio station ARE indeed, Reprehensible, disgusting....possibly Sociopaths.

[@alisonwilson9749]

If they were processed quickly, given that most of them get the right to stay anyway, they could be working and paying taxes.

[@daraghanderson7036]

1. If you’re ‘offended’ by small boat crossings, why not set up safe and legal routes for people fleeing persecution to have their claims processed. 2. Applicants being processed HERE under the artificial Backlog the Tories have created could be totally avoided. 3. It’s the choice of the government where these human beings are being put in limbo. They aren’t ’hotels that most locals can’t afford to stay in’. They are repurposed buildings that USED to be hotels. His entire point is intentionally disingenuous.

[@ep5019]

"why not set up safe and legal routes!" We don't want them here to begin with.

[@daraghanderson7036]

Ha. You miss the point that this it’s the UK’s international obligation to obey human rights - you signed up to it. Also, you weren’t saying “them” when nobody was picking your fruit, looking after your elderly or nursing the sick back to health, your double standards are there for all to see.

[@ep5019]

@@daraghanderson7036 people were picking fruit and looking after the elderly they just expected to be paid.

[@Mandeley100]

Sunak doesn't believe this foul plan will work as a deterrent and never did. He just doesn't want his miserable time in office to end in total ignominy and Rwanda is all he's got. His desperation is palpable and exposes him as the deeply unpleasant person he actually is.

[@drc4563]

Intelligent balanced show. Thoughtful contributions. Thank you.

[@frasermcneill7516]

I'm sorry, but he has been allowed to get away with the disgusting and often repeated LIE that asylum seekers are staying in 3, 4 even 5 star accommodation. He should be called out for this!

[@davebland8489]

Aside from the danger to the people aboard, I don’t have a problem with small boats. Then he lost me with the old hotels blocks.

[@user-xd9yo3le7o]

Montgomie isn't popular with Number 10. Just goes to show the bunker mentality of Sunak and co.

[@bluntlaser]

“The average Tory voter” has a lot to answer for

[@Turnipstalk]

Have Duxford yet been approached for the loan of their Lancaster? Of course finding places to refuel en route might be a problem.

[@davie7967]

We need a general election we are all sick of Sunak’s lies and the rest of all politicians

[@bernardmoriau3224]

If a star hotel hasn't got the staff, the services, the food or the equipment it used to have, it is just an empty building and not a luxurious hotel.

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Never EVER trust any tory.

[@danielbanbury378]

If you're concerned on the levels of immigration its also important to look at legal migration which is a record highs, which seems to get ignored by the Government

[@TooManyBrackets]

1:37 The thing is people are concerned about this because a very narrow set of people want to talk about it all the time...This doesn't affect the lives of most British people most of the time...on the hotels thing....these aren't hotels most people want to stay in, most of them are really awful places to be... the money all goes to the hotel owners...which pays British staff so it all stays in the economy... it just feels like a thing that somebody somewhere wants us to be mad about for some reason...

[@JackKing12.]

Golden parachute

[@nickybee3731]

What airline is going to break international law to fly people to Rowanda .and at what cost .

[@japfourme381]

We didn’t vote for Sunak, and we certainly didn’t vote for his Policies!! Let’s not forget though, his Policies have been backed by the Conservative Party, so they all have to go!! Rwanda waste of time and money!! The boats must be turned around before they reach our shores, or the immigrants safely returned to the French Coast!!

[@johnburrows3385]

Even if a person crossing in a small boat is aware of the Rwanda plan ,they'd likely be aware they would not end up going as Labour will scrap the plan before they're likely to be put on a plane.

[@rahuldahoob]

Tory government for almost FIFTEEN YEARS and still blaming labour 🤡🤡

[@hudldevice1092]

Here's hoping!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The only people who have benefitted from HS2 are the construction companies and archaeologists

[@swanvictor887]

...oh and the Tory Party....lots of kick-backs....

[@stevehay2293]

I have a lovely corner shop,the people are Indians, they are Very nice people , but they don't like him either.

[@theshadowdirector]

At least with HS2 a good chunk of the country would have gotten a new high speed train service. What do we get with this? Endless legal battles, our international standing being further torched and more domestic divisions at home.

[@Hascienda27]

Yeh cause it's the rwanda bill that's making me not vote Rishi back in this election