following international law for refugees is a fairytale apparently
i also, uh, dislike being scolded that i have to give up my values to find a compromise with nativist voters because
***we've already tried that***
the existing system is godawful from a rights perspective, we've done incredible harm to our economy trying to appease anti-immigrant fears
never mind the cost to welfare or dignity in making already traumatised people live with a sword over their head for decades, never allowed to feel secure
finally, i also, uh, find myself a little frustrated that i very, very loudly warned them this would happen - that they would embolden the far right (while destroying their own base)
& now that's all happened they just keep scolding, keep their utterly discredited theory
bsky.app/profile/polp...
but if they're not satisfied, we must become yet more illiberal
if we're not satisfied, we can fuck off
it would take us well outside of both the spirit & the letter of the refugee conventions - a fact that the home secretary *overtly lied about*
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/labour-back
