Yvette Cooper flies to Baghdad to give the Iraqis £1 million, part of a plan to reduce immigration…

[@britman800]

How thick is this country we must be the laughing stock of the world the way we roll over

[@angelripper_420]

It's corruption the politicians are getting paid in the shadows.

[@williamsharp2532]

I'm Australian, with English relatives, and I'm not laughing. All the Anglo world is going through the same intentional assault.

[@rodpanhard]

Investigate the changes to the National Security D Notices, looks like the government are afraid to tell people what their policy has done.

[@waynesmith4612]

It's long past a joke.

[@Hereford1642]

No, the western world are all doing the same. France, Germany, Australia, Canada and so on.

[@whovotedforthat]

Yvette Cooper who said she would house an asylum seeker in one of her 2 houses? But she never did? Why is that Yvette?

[@Anna-t7l]

Because she is a lying and vile little goblin!!

[@vordman]

She's the very epitome of the sanctimonious hypocrite. I can't stand the woman.

[@davidlove1944]

Eddie probably bummed some sense into her 😅

[@ScarlettTonks-gn8pg]

I live half mile away from her expenses homes in Castleford she did apparently Romanians and charged them and claimed it back through parliament expenses but me I've been chasing around long enough for her help in a personal situation and I was born in Castleford nooooo no help even at my doctor's request people in her native constituency don't exist unless you are a dingy shit

[@janicemarshall4270]

As a mother of an Iraq war veteran, this is absolutely appalling. This Government is beyond traitorous. Im absolutely livid.

[@tombown9960]

Remember that UK went to war based on complete lies from Tony Blair who then became peace envoy.

[@LayLoow]

Illegal war

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Madam, my heart bleeds for you, as it does for my country. Stay strong - if you can.

[@martinphillips7102]

As an Iraq veteran, I agree.

[@danielburger1775]

How many WMDs did Saddam actually have?

[@michaelgibson4705]

More smoke and mirrors FOI request £726 million benefits paid to refugees last year.

[@oldboygeorge7688]

We spend more on wars😂😂

[@bar10ml44]

They are not refugees. Invaders who know how to manipulate. We must be the stupidest chumps ever.

[@boostar155]

@@oldboygeorge7688 We do, and that needs to end too. But you don't ignore the small problems just because you haven't solved all the big ones.

[@isfbuster6733]

They are not refugees they're economic migrants

[@edwardoleyba3075]

Yes, and who was the person who fought for their right to be given those benefits? 🤔

[@MichaelParkinson-c4s]

We can't survive financially five years of them throwing away our money.

[@M-S_4321]

This bonfire is enormous

[@karyne826]

Especially when it’s to anyone but their own taxpayers.

[@undermuscled7381]

now you are beginning to understand

[@BrianPaterson-f3i]

A few thou it’s at least one hundred thousand!

[@philhawley1219]

Don't worry, within five years we will all have been murdered in our beds or starved to death because all the farmers will be in prison.

[@nononsense7867]

Imagine giving a Million to a country whose government is currently debating whether to lower the age of consent to 9. That's according to an NGO group working there to try and help women. The mind boggles.

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

It’s in their “Holy Book” because their prophet did it to a girl at that age.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

It' Labour, they have form in the consent area.

[@auldcrow1461]

It's because most of our politicians are aiming to retire there for the nonce friendly laws

[@-pressxtostart-]

They are all part of the 9th circle so it doesnt suprise me. We probably have exchanged children in the past which are now dumped in the ocean

[@MaureenMarshall-c5d]

Because they believe in these dirty laws

[@JangianTV]

But they haven't enough for OAPs who must lose their winter fuel allowance! 😡

[@fatbelly27]

They can always opt for assisted dying

[@stuartbrown8259]

Will that be free or ......​@@fatbelly27

[@nickhardy7310]

£1,000,000 Is this a joke? Iraq exports about £90,000,000,000 oil each year what is £1 million to them? They already make nearly £250 million a day. That £1million is only 5 minutes 48 seconds of oil production.

[@gingerjessy]

Great point. They are just messing with us. Maybe Cooper showed them some of her husbands dance moves.

[@vjamesg100]

Their public want to come here. If they are so rich, then I have to ask why?

[@Charonupthekuiper]

Reparations for wrecking their country.

[@jamestower4473]

Which confirms that this is just a silly distraction and not in any way serious. But perhaps a fun day out for Yvette to the middle east.

[@RayTeggie-er7pb]

A nice trip on a private jet though

[@stevejones9290]

These ministers should be thrown in prison

[@budbud2509]

Sooooo thats how u "Smash the gangs" Pathetic

[@BlackGriffin195]

Sent to Hell if we knew where it was.

[@theenglishman8668]

Should be thrown under the prison.

[@sharonwashington8150]

And PAST ones too!

[@secondchance6603]

To quote the sitcom Yes Minister, "It's the law of inverse relevance - the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it."

[@slipthegreyhound]

Labour never gets tired of giving our money away! 😡😡

[@davidboult4143]

And taking it off pensioners.

[@BlackGriffin195]

Socialists think there is no end to thefruit falling from the money tree. Cut Costs? Are you insane.

[@contribution741]

Notice how they insist on tying our well-being to their well-being. The rest of the world should be left to sink or swim. We are tired of holding up the violent ingrates. Let's invest in secure borders and let the rest of the world figure out their own problems. We did fine without them; they need us, not vice versa.

[@Kissmysixnow]

Just like our Biden.

[@petersteenkamp]

It's what socialism does. Take from one, and give to another. Possibly in exchange for their votes. Nice if you are on the receiving end, but it sucks if you are the one being taken from.

[@andystreet4022]

How about flying out to Iraq and giving them 1 million immigrants instead. Rather than throwing £1 million pound down the drain, it will save the UK £Billions and will help the Iraqis with rebuilding their country.

[@practicaliching2311]

Right, if immigration is so beneficial, send them back to help the countries they came from.

[@frankielov]

Labour should be in jail.

[@BankRobber-qo8gn]

So should the Tory filth.

[@KarenG.-qs7wc]

And the Tories, and the LibDems and the Greens. All of them.

[@monteceitomoocher]

​@@KarenG.-qs7wcagree, the whole lot.

[@markprice748]

The figures Simon gave were for what happened in one year under a Conservative government. This lot are no better, but the point is it was Sunak et al who allowed this.

[@frankielov]

@@KarenG.-qs7wc 👍🏽

[@marton349]

Ffs its absolutely terrifying how carefree they are with our money.

[@Headwind-1]

it will come back to them as backhanders

[@drew6194]

Check out our fearless leader in Canada. He would've given them a billion.

[@Jack-ec4hw]

Thats how labour always bankrupts the country.

[@bitterdrinker]

Meanwhile the Iraqi parliament debates lowering the age of consent....to 9 years....

[@daviddaniels100]

Talk about pissing money away.

[@nickmiller76]

To be fair, a million will be less than the market value of her two houses.

[@carolinehops]

They can find a magic money tree when they want.

[@nigelphillips7405]

So she's gone to waste another million quid! How easy it is to spend other people's money!😣

[@oliverplays9598]

How much is it really ?

[@nigelphillips7405]

@oliverplays9598 it's a million pounds you fool! But if you've got It to spare you can send it to me.

[@peterfrance702]

The government is barking mad.

[@kevinjones3900]

Not as mad as the ignorant public who allow it

[@peterfrance702]

@@kevinjones3900 Yes. We need to wake the f up

[@bengunn3698]

@peterfrance .....And its ''dyed in the wool'' white working class voters , what are they ?.

[@paullowe6776]

The Thieves of Baghdad

[@Royboy50]

Our borders are open sesame,Ali ba ba famous words

[@EzzadinFarah]

hey to iraqis this is good news can't blame to pass up on good money

[@Baileee1978]

These effin people need to go before they completely ruin us

[@keithdukes5990]

I'll second that 100%🤬

[@ramalama9650]

There are very wonderful people. They are giving us a taste of what it feels like to live in the places they come from. Enjoy the enrichment!

[@pointblankracer6274]

But we are a country in Debt, so why are they spending money we do not have?

[@williamtell6750]

I think the idea is to fuel growth by spending. An increased GDP will reduce the relative debt level. I believe that this is a Ponzi scheme, but it is what Prof Krugman is proposing. Therefore, I must be wrong.

[@phildavies6020]

…the trouble is they’re not spending it…they’re giving it away to a foreign land!

[@KarenG.-qs7wc]

Universities are a huge part of the problem.

[@swskating3865]

Especially the fake ones

[@kevinjones3900]

The breeders I do agree.

[@bengunn3698]

@Karen......You are right , apart from B/S. courses they supply the next generation of ''woke'' politicians to keep the system going .

[@KingdomofHeaven-vd9hr]

Correction, Infiltration of Universities by wokes and Islamists is a huge part of the problem.

[@Vegansharks]

Yep..The over educated, under intelligence of these uni fuckers is out of control..

[@hollytalbot6695]

This is talking the piss..

[@jacko717]

Figuratively, they're spitting in our faces.

[@drew6194]

I thank you immensely, Jacko, for saying "figuratively" and not "literally," which is all the rage these days. Proper use of vocabulary, what a novel concept.

[@jacko717]

@drew6194 I appreciate that, respect to you my friend.

[@nickmiller76]

@@drew6194 Well yes, I have to agree.

[@stalagnight]

​@@drew6194I am a purist of grammar but as long as th the message is spread, I can live with grammatical incorrect comments 😊

[@jacko717]

@@stalagnight make Figuratively great again 😉

[@henryroot4381]

Probably the biggest waste of money by a UK govt. Totally disgusting...

[@worldofrandometry6912]

Imagine if we stopped sending money abroad for even just one year. It would go well towards solving some problems at home. Don't they realise how depressing and demoralising it is for UK people who are struggling?

[@David-q1t4d]

Yes they do(realise) That's why they do it. Demoralise and dishearten people Keep us down,until we get to a point where we choose to avail ourselves of their assisted dying policy.

[@johnj.watson6094]

Yes, I think they do.

[@Anna-t7l]

They deliberately don't care! Haven't you figured that out by now?!

[@smeghead7698]

Paying for more Iraqi immigrants to come over then.

[@BlackGriffin195]

Yes, it is probably for their airfares and the excess baggage.

[@drew6194]

There's a seat sale currently on at British Airways.

[@davidbarnes241]

1.2 million people born outside the United Kingdom are receiving benefits at the last count. This is so wrong 😡😡😡

[@fpvangel4495]

This is being FORCED on every western nation, this clown isnt running our country, someone outside of this nation is!

[@davecharlie3504]

About the same number as those we killed in illegal invasions from Blair onwards!?

[@alaninsoflo]

Why?

[@ramalama9650]

Not for politicians it's not. Every penny paid to them is a pound filtered off from our lovely, honest politicians from Tax payers money. Any babies for sale? They'd sell them too if they could get away with it.

[@GeorgeConnor-h6m]

@@alaninsoflo Because they didn`t pay into the system you reckon ?

[@Paolo_Riditzi]

It makes me sob into my pillow when i think of where part of my hardworking wages goes 😢

[@catsamazing338]

Your average citizen has intelligence enough to work out a practical solution to legal and illegal immigration. Politicians are obviously below average in this department.

[@candy-le4nh]

What is this practical solution?

[@catsamazing338]

@ regretfully as you’re asking, you maybe below average.

[@candy-le4nh]

@@catsamazing338 So you've absolutely no idea. Thanks for the confirmation. LOL

[@johnw2758]

@@catsamazing338 no point arguing, I wonder how many he/she/they have taken in...

[@RolandoRatas]

That million should be spent on border control within the UK not some bribe that will be wasted in futile admin and/or bonus holidays for Iraqi top level civil servants.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

SPOT ON !

[@tanfosbery1153]

I guess there's no chance of getting that million pounds back when it doesn't work

[@corky8280]

Imagine if you were a passenger on a coach travelling along the motorway at 70mph, and you start to realise the driver is drunk. That's how I feel each time I learn of Labour's latest move. Anticipating disaster but virtually powerless to do anything about it.

[@johnw2758]

and he/she drives the coach to the cliff face and you have to hold a whip round to stop them driving over it...

[@bendenisereedy7865]

I'm Abdul al Halloumi, a minister in Iraq. Could you just pay it straight to my London account for that apartment I'm buying in Belgravia?

[@hrtdinasaurette3020]

😂😂😂 Thank you, I was sorely in need of a bloody laugh !

[@BritishNaturalist-vb8hj]

No mention of throwing out the millions we have already had imposed on us either.

[@Headwind-1]

iran refuses to take them back . . . .

[@davidmercedes1113]

How long before we go completely bankrupt 🤔

[@buntyhoven9163]

About another two years.

[@philparmenter53]

@@buntyhoven9163 If that long.

[@chad01]

FUN FACT: UK has highest number of Doctors and Engineers per capita anywhere on Earth!

[@StepSoftlyGhost]

What angelic voices some of them have too!

[@aking-plums6985]

Don't forget architects.

[@ramalama9650]

@@StepSoftlyGhost That wailing on a Friday. Puts any burglar alarm to shame!

[@fredforsythe8310]

Most with diplomas printed on arsepaper.

[@BlackGriffin195]

It is just that they haven't got their qualifications yet.

[@amandabell8827]

And she had to go to Baghdad to throw our money away? Hasn't she heard of on line banking? Also, your carbon footprint must be impressing Miliband Yvette!

[@vordman]

Exactly, all this prancing about abroad is all ego-driven. Their vanity is off the scale.

[@amandabell8827]

@@vordman I think the funny part of this is that they sent a woman. Iraq values women less than livestock and wouldn't have taken her seriously at all.

[@davidpatrickcoggins1153]

Literally fed up with absolute nonsense at every angle of from the government,

[@omgitsabloodyandroid5161]

Country destroyed

[@andrewegan1732]

The lottery ad before this voiced by asians (Muslim?) celebrating the success of lottery funding was enough to stop me playing .

[@russthebiker]

That money will get spunked away on weapons, Audis, and learjets

[@davidherbert5027]

I sympathise with your view on migration by foreign students. Here in Australia, a permanent stay visa is wrapped up as a gift with every graduation diploma. Our country doesn't need more university students. What we really need is time served artisans, like plumbers, electricians and building trade journeymen.

[@tonybennett9964]

Surely Bliar should reimburse the country,after all he milked the situation

[@ABM750]

He needs to be jailed too

[@gdreading9088]

At 70 years old, I am beginning to realise that our benefits system has been a major factor in the downfall of this great country. An article in the newspaper last year stated something like . . . people on benefits 1.2 million . . . job vacancies 1.1 million.

[@fabmack1961]

Another wasted Freebie! This woman couldn't sort out a Library Ticket! These people are SICK!

[@fredforsythe8310]

Whenever I see a politician doling out public money I see get rich quick on leaving office.

[@Soulsalivation]

Not a single PENNY should leave this country without the express permission of the British taxpayer. We are TRILLIONS in debt. Our infrastructure is collapsing. We do NOT have money to give away.

[@d.wright.7156]

Phew !! I thought I was in a nightmare!! Oh....

[@tims9434]

Foreign countries must of course spend our money how they're told to

[@nnglnd]

Standing up for yourself will get you landed in prison. So what can be done about it?

[@janeburke147]

@@user-yh8gx9ng4upeople won’t ,that was the past.

[@Stioffain]

That cash is getting trousered. FACT.

[@woz7379]

You can imagine the back slapping and high fives as coopers jet takes off from the runway.

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Well not really, those guys want billions not just a mill.

[@lewisdean22]

Fantastic idea, it works with France after giving them about 100 million.

[@StephanieRichardson-z9x]

Sign the petition folks.

[@mickhardstaff6605]

I wonder if she will have the " Refugees Welcome " sign in her hand luggage 😂😂.

[@ArkadyRenko1]

It worked very well for eu, they gave Turkey lots of money to stop immigrants crossing Bulgaria. Turkey made money from both sides.

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Yes, a profitable business indeed!

[@drew6194]

Buoy markers, eye-in-the-sky drones, fast, light, armed patrol boats in the channel. Every million quid well-spent.

[@alanmarpole8138]

OMFG! Is there any end to the tax payers money they will not waste....this is a token I don't give a damn £1million quid! 🤬🤬🤬

[@jeanetteeftekhar6762]

Labour is very good at giving money away. Unfortunately its not to UK citizens.

[@redbarron7293]

The Iraqi ministers must have been falling over themselves to get a trouserful of that money……I’m sure not a single penny will go to said fanciful projects..

[@everest9707]

Knowledge, research, and innovation are one of the UK's strengths. It is time that we utilise this to the benefit of the UK and its people. And stopped in effect, giving it away for some student fees.

[@MajorMinor1970]

I feel sorry for my children. I have had to endure a lifetime of foreign faces telling me all about their right to be in Britain because they were born here after their parents or grandparents "escaped" from their homeland, not to mention the fallacy of coming here to "re-build Britain". In 20 or so years there will be some smug student telling my children all about their rights to have everything for free because they were born here after their parents floated across the channel in a dinghy.

[@kenhardy8405]

£1m will be going into someone’s personal bank account, never to be seen again.

[@Karen-Rainey]

My neighbour lost his son in iraq, he puts our flag out 3 times a year, his birthday, the day he died and rememberance sunday, the council told him he had to take it down!!! Now we are homing and aiding the people he died fighting against, for this fcking country... WHY!!! 🤬🤬🤬

[@michaelholt7994]

There coming from europe not Iraqi,their already in europe,what a waste of money.holy crap.

[@Headwind-1]

well that's labour's Yvette Cooper home secertary innit .. fking usless . . a headless chicken . . . in my humble view!

[@janeburke147]

Should be on trial

[@candy-le4nh]

For what?

[@dd7521]

Oh ffs!

[@davidobrien9362]

Wow,It's cost Britain 3 or 5 Billion pounds 2023,2024 ,just give 1 mil, straight in the back pocket over there .

[@abif4444]

I really do love the way you say it as it is! Thank you Simon!

[@6haybay]

Well thats the President of Baghdads new mansion and rolls royce paid for and a little bit over to treat his family with some expensive presents.

[@johnw2758]

Seriously, how rich of a country would we be if the government could get their act in order and not just give OUR money away willy nilly...

[@fatbelly27]

Those figures have just been changed overnight by something like 160,000. They have no real idea what the true figure is. But even their propaganda figure is far too high.

[@vjamesg100]

Totally agree. Not just the present government.

[@Denise-r8c]

Did they find 20bl black hole or a 20bl envelope.

[@lesleycronin832]

Is there no end to how many ways they can spunk our money up the wall???

[@NanHouston-p6p]

This is beyond outrageous , WTH is wrong with these people are they insane ?

[@janeburke147]

Commies

[@michaelbrett171]

Thank you for your posts Simon. Its a hard time we are going through .

[@PE-dq2em]

Home Secretary??????? Tell THAT to the stabbed girls of Southport.

[@msbecks7004]

Apparently it’s 15.3 million per day now

[@TechnoMagi-h4r]

I do wish the government would stop giving our money away and it is our Money not theirs to squander...

[@oliveringram3056]

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the money sent to France.....!!

[@ftsetradersteve2742]

Simon... Good point on carers... I know of one who brought her husband over and had a baby here... Husband not entitled to work looks after the baby... No way they will be going back to India...

[@getlost3346]

Straight up Bribery! And nothing will change.

[@RockoBam1]

Ah, doing the rounds with the new Danegeld

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Just so.

[@RockoBam1]

@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb what a sad, pathetic country we have become. Are these politicians unaware that the Danegeld only made matters worse?

[@candy-le4nh]

​@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebbYet a couple of days ago you were fawning over a system which would pay people £25000 to leave the UK! LOL

[@secondchance6603]

@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb To quote the sitcom Yes Minister, "It's the law of inverse relevance - the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it."

[@newbeginnings8566]

Sickening situation for the patriots of the UK

[@joelyndhurst385]

There will be a few more luxury cars driving around Iraq soon then.

[@musthaveacamel2157]

Very good, Very Nice , Yashmak

[@rickjensen2717]

Publicity stunt!

[@chieftandriver703]

I am not sure if people are aware but the Visa holders bring their extended families with them. This includes Grandparents, I know this because I see these people daily. The U.K. somehow managed to employ more Indians and Nigerians than British workers in 2023. Can anyone imagine just how many people this is. Watching a barely literate Indian with 9 children and 2 elderly ’dependents’ arriving on a minimum wage NHS care worker Visa makes me grit my teeth knowing my taxes are paying for the education and medical treatment of a dozen people. Then the next family arrive.

[@secretsquirrel6124]

She could have just come up north and given that £1million to me it would have just been as good a use for it 😂😂

[@JillGalloway-lg7wh]

Oooo that’s good of her. Easy to do with money that’s not yours .

[@trevorhoward7682]

Not too long ago ITV Central News carried an article about Birmingham restaurateurs complaining about Government restrictions preventing the import of skilled Balti chefs. The owner of a restaurant feigned shock at the suggestion that people already in the UK could be taught the necessary skills - even English people. p.s. I can't stand Indian food.

[@keithwilliams1243]

Hello again Simon, it seems to me that your videos are getting even better and more important by the minute.

[@candy-le4nh]

Sarcasm? LOL

[@keithwilliams1243]

@@candy-le4nh - Not sarcasm, well deserved praise.

[@williammilner9279]

​@@candy-le4nh Is it not time for a review of your medication.

[@charliesmithers7663]

Give them Blair & Campbell

[@LOCATION_REDACTED]

Tried this with the vikings, guess what happened..

[@janeburke147]

At least we put up a fight,we didn’t escort them in.

[@alanfrost4661]

Fing unbeliveable 😠😠😠😠

[@WilfTompkins5546]

Everytime I arrive back at Heathrow Central Bus Station the full impact of Immigration hits me in the face.

[@boudicca3845]

If all the million people flew into a single airport on 737-400s, that would mean a full aircraft would land every 90 mins, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year… Yep, that certainly sounds sustainable to me…

[@magenta6754]

Money stolen from our elderly.