Priti Patel 'will hire private jets to fly migrants to Rwanda' because airline bosses 'refuse to put on flights in fear of a backlash' from critics.
The Home Secretary was reportedly told that her plan to send migrants to the East African nation for processing could result in protesters targeting the firms involved in the flights.
'Reportedly told' by whom? Those civil serpents in her department desperate to stop it, perhaps?
That would considerably increase the price of the policy which is already understood to cost British taxpayers an initial £120million.
Not necessarily. We do have all those RAF transports sitting around, don't we? Those pilots need to keep up their flying hours, don't they?
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt, who previously welcomed the Rwanda policy as the 'only truly effective way of tackling the channel crossings issue', said any airline that refuses to take part in the scheme should be 'named and shamed'.
I'd go further. I'd say 'should face sanctions'. At the very least, should no longer be an approved supplier of flights to government employees travelling on business...
Civil servants who complained about Priti Patel's Rwanda policy have been slapped down by their boss and told to get on with the job.
The Home Office's top civil servant has warned his staff that leaks which had attempted to undermine the policy had been a breach of the civil service code.
So let them face the consequences of it (if indeed there are any). Empty talk, this is all that is.
