Thread 34 Sunak - the Circus is back in Westminster

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We have a friend who volunteers in Calais a few times a year. When she asks people why they want to come to the UK she gets either "I know people in the UK" and/or " I can speak English". If she asks them why they don't stay in France or any other transit country it's always that they don't speak the language and don't know anyone there.

@countrygirl99 then the obvious answer is for us to change the language as far as I can tell.

maybe we all need to study Cornish or Welsh? That should appeal to patriotic as well surely?

Badenoch genuinely terrifies me. It’s really scary how much of an icon she’s become with a particular group of feminists.

It is important to note that what has been "cleared" is asylum applications made before 2022. (Although as noted earlier not all have actually had decisions made on them). There are 99,000 applications made after 2022 that are still awaiting a decision, so by any logical argument the backlog has grown.

Thanks jgw1

Genius. But you are right it needs to be something like that and not one of those dastardly European languages.

Junior Doctors strike starts tomorrow 7am and finishes 7am on 9th January

Sunak's asylum backlog tweet has duly been community noted.

Excellent!

The community note simply said

The backlog has not been cleared

with a link to the BBC article

Is it wrong that I laugh every time he gets community noted.

Whatever else Elon broke that needs fixing they need to keep community notes.

Not wrong at all. I just hope one of the Bylines groups is keeping a record of it all.

By making a song and dance about removing the backlog has Sunak unleashed is reverse midas again, drawing attention to immigration which is increasing including is beloved backlog, which seems to be all over the news today.

Me too she is bloody dangerous.

They know what a woman is latest

https://x.com/carolvorders/status/1742540883348615245?s=20

Tory Shaun Bailey is a MISOGYNIST #SexistShaun - the Jingle & Mingle Partygate apologist

"Carol Vorderman tries to be a serious political commentator. But if you look at her on instagram it's all pictures of her bum(s) and her boobs.
She can't be both." he grunted on GB News last wk.

So Shaun thinks that women who wear lycra in the gym shouldn't be allowed a political opinion....
or I assume a vote!

Failed Mayoral candidate #SexistShaun was made a Lord last year. Yet another Tory honour for dishonour

Pls RT #SexistShaun

I think it is important at this point to remember that misogyny against both men a women is a bad thing.

Yours D. Raab.

Oh I had forgotten that comment fron Raab, a classic

Remember D Raab makes me feel better.

From Sky News

Statistics watchdog says it is looking into government's asylum backlog claim
A spokesperson for the Office for Statistics Regulation has confirmed they are looking into the government's claim it has cleared the legacy asylum claims backlog.
It comes after Downing Street insisted yesterday that the prime minister had achieved his target of clearing the legacy backlog, despite the government's own data showing that 4,537 remain.
Rishi Sunak pledged in December 2022 that he would "abolish" the legacy backlog of claims made before 28 June of that year, with the Home Office being given the target of the end of 2023.
On Monday, the department said the pledge had been "delivered", having processed more than 112,000 asylum claims overall in 2023.
There were more than 92,000 asylum claims made before 28 June 2022 requiring a decision, but 4,537 remain, according to the government's official data.
As a result, the CEO of the Refugee Council accused the government of making a "misleading" claim, while Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper labelled it "totally false".

The results of any investigation will be hidden away on page 14 of any newspaper.

The important thing is they got their lies in the headlines first.

Not surprised by Shaun Bailey's suggestion that Vorderman can't have Instagram photos & a political opinion - he was never the sharpest tool in the shed.

They know what a woman is latest
I love this 😀

Shaun Bailey is a disgrace. What a revolting thing to say, plus if he reads his colleagues twitter feeds he might find he forms a strange impression of them too.

Is it quicker just to say he is a Tory?

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/03/latest-conservative-misinformation-warning-as-anti-sadiq-khan-camp-accused-of-gutter-politics-over-murder-stats/

Dear Shaun. Show us your knickers and let your audience decide. I know whose words I'd trust first whether they come from someone with boobs and bum or not. It sure as hell isn't you.

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1742607394062860318?s=20

NEW: The Tories spent £42K on advertising Rishi Sunak's Facebook page from 25 Dec-31 Dec

Most of the 35 ads in this period were Sunak asking people to "follow" to hear "directly from me"

Sunak has more followers (812K) than the Tory party page itself now

As @WhoTargetsMe points out, Sunak has purchased more Facebook ads in the last three months than Keir Starmer has in the nearly four years since he became Labour leader