Comments by "Alice Merray" (@alicemerray) on "Rishi Sunak Visits Israel as Government Walks a Fine Line in Gaza Crisis | Pod Save The Uk" video.

Sunak's trip is more about trying to wrap himself in the mantle of 'leader during wartime' to bolster his failing status here than anything else. Can't believe he was anything other than an annoyance to those in the region, though of course they'd never say that. But the UK is pretty much meaningless in this. It's the USA that matters.
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Jenrick didn't 'admit' that dealing with the backlog would make coming here more attractive, he claimed it. In other words this is the latest nonsense they're trotting out to try to excuse their HUGE FAILURES AS A SO-CALLED GOVT! People don't think about how long their claims will take to process when they decide to try to come here. They have all sorts of other reasons, usually to do with speaking English or knowing someone who is already here. But they aren't going to know there's an admin problem!
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Not for the first time, I'm left thinking that the main threat to the UK is the Daily Mail and its ilk. Nothing sensible is ever going to get done while they're whipping up the hang 'em and flog 'em brigade. We need something like citizens' juries for a subject like prisons & sentencing policy, in which large groups of ordinary people are properly informed about the issue and then vote on action. There were some in Northern Ireland about abortion, IIRC. It takes the rabid press out of the equation (to some extent) and also helps to bolster your average cowardly MP who is only going to do what the press tell them to do.
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