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Sunak’s Hunger Games
ALAN SIMPSON charts Britain’s descent into dystopian democracy where those echoing the flotilla of falsehoods coming from ministers become the stormtroopers for a government with no other cards to play
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference following the launch of new legislation on migrant channel crossings at Downing Street, London, Tuesday, March 7, 2023

THE government is desperate. Its latest attack on refugees is the pursuit of small minds not “small boats.” 

Division, distraction and prejudice are the only electoral cards the Tories have left to play. It doesn’t matter if their plans are incoherent and unworkable. The ploy is just an appeal to the insecure and embittered.

Britain has no “return agreements” with other countries. Out of almost 50,000 asylum requests last year, only 21 people were sent elsewhere. 

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