Rishi Sunak promises Rwanda migrant flights before 15 July | LBC analysis
"It means we're not going to get a summer election."
James O'Brien and LBC's political editor Natasha Clark dissect the Prime Minister's press conference on the Rwanda scheme.
Rishi Sunak has said the first deportation flights to Rwanda will leave "in 10 to 12 weeks", hours before MPs are due to vote on his emergency legislation.
The Prime Minister told reporters that the government has "an airfield on standby and booked commercial charter planes".
"No ifs, not buts, these flights are going to Rwanda," the prime minister said.
He indicated that once the programme in up and running the planes there will be a "regular rhythm" of flights heading to Kigali.
Mr Sunak said today: "Enough is enough. No more prevarication, no more delay. Parliament will sit there tonight and vote no matter how late it goes. No ifs, no buts. These flights are going to Rwanda.
"Describing the plan as an 'indispensable deterrent so that we finally break the business model of the criminal gangs and save lives.
"Starting from the moment that the Bill passes, we will begin the process of removing those identified for the first flight. We have prepared for this moment."
Mr Sunak's televised address comes hours before a parliamentary showdown on his flagship policy to stop the boats.
The emergency legislation is due to be voted on by MPs in the Commons and peers in the House of Lords, possibly well into the evening.
The controversial bill will return to the Commons after several rounds of parliamentary ping-pong, which has seen the Lords express their opposition to the proposals through a series of amendments the prime minister does not accept.
Mr Sunak vowed last week that today would be the day the bill finally got through parliament, telling reporters there would be "no more prevarication, no more delay".
He said both houses would sit as late into the night as needed to agree a version of the bill to pass into law.
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Keep the immigrants and send this Tory government to Rwanda
Great idea but I dont think this will happen
best idea of the year :)
They are immigrants 😂
@@HedgeWalker 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If we keep immigration at current levels the country will collapse..
He's got a majority both in the lower and the upper chambers - and still blaming Labour. The man has no shame.
And yet Labour will blame the Tories!!
@PeterPete Tories have been the people responsible for the last 14 years...
@@PeterPete Obviously… Seeing as the Tory’s have been in power for 14 years, came up with this ridiculous plan that will only handle a couple hundred a year and won’t stop anything…So who do you think Labour would blame for the mess? The DUP maybe…?
@@PeterPete Because the Tories have a majority in both chambers. So... yes. Who else would they blame for this extremely expensive fiasco that isn't legal and isn't in the manifesto?
The Tories don't have a majority in the House of Lords - no party does. They are the largest group though.
If Rwanda is supposedly a safe country why has the home office recently given asylum status to Rwandans.
Quiet! You’re not supposed to say these facts out loud!
The Tories don't want a formal process for re-assessing whether Rwanda is still safe, it will just be determined on the common sense of the government. The upside is that an incoming Labour government could decide - on a whim - that Rwanda is unsafe and this would halt the scheme without having to repeal the legislation
Valid point.
@@brendanpells912💯
Supreme Court..Rwanda is not a safe country. Rishi Sunak..Right,we'll change the Law to say it's safe although we know it's not. And these people want us to trust them with our Human rights? Despicable.
More MILLIONS wasted on a POLITICAL STUNT.
Sure you meant stunt
And it’s OUR millions!
Just call an election rishi. Your desperation is embarrassing. If he continues to dig his heels in. We need to get out in the streets or a general strike to demand an election.
The French would, but not the apathetic British
Remember; you have to protest quietly, and at home with your family!😠
That'll be the day.
@@marklangley7758looool 😂
Dream on!
More money down the drain, even now he tells lies ..
the only people who are going to Rwanda is sunak and is cronies
I think so!
And he would be the first politicians to lie wouldn't he? Do you even know anything about politics
A compulsive liar
@@powerplay8355 He's talking to a selected media, that's why he can lie through his teeth, did Boris not get booted for lies on lies, don't diss other MPs with his bile . Mr 23 bins just cannot help himself ..
What a horrible little man, Sunak is. Forced deportations at any price - as long as it's not him paying or him suffering. Hypocrisy and inhumanity in one package.
It's not inhumane. Rwanda is a safe place
@@SpecccymanWhy have we granted asylum to Rwandans then?
@@SpecccymanNot according to the Supreme Court.
@@Specccyman You really need to do your homework, instead of well someone told me ..
@user-im8us6sg5d what is unsafe about Rwanda?
Where did they find 150 judges to be on standby? Isnt there a huge backlog in the courts? What an insane waste
Why did the judges require training
And he said the “right” judges, which implies he knows tye outcomes
@@mikemalone1282they don't understand the law they were being asked to apply as it's not part of the court they usually abide by.
What a strange hill for Sunak to choose to die on?! And where the f**k did he find 150 judges, when there are record backlogs in the courts?!
Wrong side of history to be known for in my opinion. This will be his failed legacy.
It’s not a lack of judges it’s a lack of court time due to Covid and this governments failure to fund the court system properly (ie crumbling court buildings).
Oh, that legacy was DOA. Horrid little man, whose only minor substance of ego lies in his wife’s cash.
There spending all this time on a despicable program, when the country is falling apart!!
How much does it cost to deport Sunak I wonder?
😂
Nothing. He has money, he should pay for it.
Depends if he goes on a private plane or helicopter… Shame he got rid of his green card…
it would be a proper investment
If it means deporting him, money is no object.
After hundreds of millions of pounds has already been spent on the Rwanda scheme, it would be a shame if no flights took off at this point. The only change that should be made is to fill the flights with Tory politicians instead of refugees.
Amen!
Sunak is trying to make this his Falklands.
Not his Iraq though
If so, does that mean that Prince Andrew will be flying the refugees out there in a helicopter? 😂
@@pipins3616A war both parties supported.
Every time I feel I could not feel more ashamed of my country, this government proves how wrong I can be. General election now
I feel you, my friend across the pond. US is in the same boat.
We promise YOU to be ousted out of "10" !!!
Absolutely disgusted with this policy.
This whole thing is utterly absurd.
Rwanda sponsors arsenal FC "visit Rwanda " they must be absurd
@@ravd8082brilliant logic there mate got him
Didnt know rishi had this level of skullduggery in him. Holding out the threat of abusing refugees as a way to save his hide from the hyenas on the right. Despicable and yet cunning
What a waste of tax payers money. It will all be reversed when he’s booted out on a few weeks
Vote him ou!
I wouldn't hold your breath.
He seemed very desperate at this press conference
What will happen in 12 weeks is that Sunak will send 100 souls to Rwanda with taxpayers money and a week later Rwanda will send back 300 souls to Dover.
😜🤣🤣
Didn't Rwanda already sell the accommodation they had ready? No doubt we're going to pump more money into building homes in Rwanda than in the UK ... And wouldn't all these trained people be better placed in processing the asylum seeker backlog?
Don't worry, the money sent to Rwanda will be used to build homes. It's just that those homes will be apartments in London for senior Rwandan government officials and civil servants.
I have been saying for ages that they start with refugees, then the people on benefits, then the disabled. So far it is playing out straight from a handbook from 1930's Germany. Escorted on a private jet to free accommodation, free meals, free healthcare, free wi fi and a job in a nice temperate climate is hardly a deterrent is it?
Another elephant in the room.
@@davidbrettle4547Pastor Niemuller.
all the homes have been sold of were going to stay I would like to no
Pensioners are sitting cold and hungry in their homes yet there are millions being spent on this disgrace. Absolutely unforgivable.
Who are these "commercial companies" now in the business of trafficking vulnerable people to unsafe countries?
Based on the corruption during covid I'd guess that a lot of torys are scrambling to set up new airlines... eg, ConAir 😅
Does he realise the people he want to impress with this bill would want him and people who look like him out of the country as well. Little boy who joins the bully’s gang. Will still be picked on.
Even reform says it’s a hugely expensive plan that won’t produce results. So which voters are going to vote Tory because of this?
The Tories don’t have a majority in the House of Lords, only a plurality! I still agree that Sunak blaming Labour is ridiculous.
😂😂😂 what are u talking about they do have a majority in both houses doe
@@darrennandrewfitness2836 they have the majority of seats as a party, but not the majority of seats in the Lords. There are 278 Tory peers, and 790 sitting members.
@col.hertford9855 they still have a more than labour in the house of lords or am I still wrong
@@darrennandrewfitness2836 you are wrong about the Tories having a majority. They are the largest group, but they do not have a majority in the sense it’s commonly used in the commons (a controlling majority). This means they just have a plurality as the OP said. The largest three groupings are (largest first): Tory, Cross bencher, Labour.
@col.hertford9855 I wasn't trying to be right or wrong I wanted to understand that's all brother 👍🏿
Please can we stop pouring money away on this and spend it on reducing NHS waiting lists and repairing roads?
What plane... what airfield? Also if this does break international law, how do you file a flight plan across eu airspace?
The operational information won't be released so no more promises can be broken before the election. And i agree with your second point, the flights are going to have to take a China style diversion across the mid Atlantic then take a sustained turn into the African west coast. Can't go the Russian route either. LOL.
Plane to Rwanda won't need EU airspace
@@ellismeah8110 where is it heading then?
They stood in the hole started digging and now can’t get out of it. This is a monumental waste of money. We are being governed by complete idiots.
What happened to his election pledges? Half NHS waiting times? Half inflation?
He wasn’t elected!
Too busy to deal with trivia like that.
Hey now, this was the most complex operation his office has been in charge of 😜 That was a *really* bad time for him to start crowing about difficulties. Wait for news that the flights are being arranged in a a way that certain people make a profit.
nhs waiting times yes done nothing big problem still, inflation is 3,2% now you dont follow the news😂
@@ravd8082inflation has halved, but CORE inflation (which was the promise) has NOT halved! Why read the news when you still end up so uninformed like yourself?
Flogging a dead horse.
Selling a dead parrot?
Could have used the money to invest in homes in the UK!
Air crews convinced this is legal? Air traffic control allowing illegal flights through their airspace?
Exactly what I was saying. Passing eu airspace with this is surely a no go.. oh is this his next scapegoat?
The EU will tell its ATC to ban them from its airspace. And they will tell any airlines they will be banned from EU airports if they participate. Even Rwanda Airlines wants to keep its routes to the EU.
@johnrussell3961 have we cracked his next lie... we wanted to do this and had everything in place but now it's the EUs fault we can't do it..
remember to hoohaa after the extraordinary rendition flights in the 1990's ?? Defo no flights through EU airspace
@@Richard_Turner 😆😅🤣🤣🤣
Rishi has made himself a hostage to fortune again. And labour doesn't have a majority in the Lords it was the cross benchers who held up the Rwanda bill.
or Tory Lords who couldn't be bothered to turn up and vote, about a third not turning up everytime
Very cross Tory lords!
Maybe he's planning on using his own private government jet for the job. 😂
2 weeks the cost will quadruple. The lines will grow, the boat will increase as word spreads that free flight & new life.
Sunak's fixation with Rwanda is a true symbol of how out of touch with reality and the country he and his advisors are. Why is the Tory party so incapable of showing any sort of empathy with those who didn't get lucky in the birth lottery and willfully cruel to to them? Surely the way to get people on board is to show kindness and respect, not just an endless steam of vitriol that can only ever lead to upset. I used to think Bevan was a little over the top, but it turns out his famous quote is bang on the money, if not actually understated : "That is why no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party that inflicted those bitter experiences on me. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin."
standboy
If I didn't laugh, I would be crying.
75% of the flats built in Rwanda SOLD. Not there.
Please send him there.
Oh wow what a prime minister I wish his immigrant status had him sent there it’s so safe for him
I just don’t see this as a viable solution. Those coming across the channel are obviously very desperate to get here for whatever reason. I doubt the threat of deportation to another country would stop them from trying to come here in the first place
And the costs long term for this? Surely they are spending more than what was spent temp housing here. Plus what about environment commitments? Should be discouraging using air travel when an another solution is not.
How much will it cost for stand boy?
When does the first flight of Rwanda`s refugees arrive in the UK
Most of them are already here on boats. Then the legal route begins. LOL.
@@paradisehub9382 😂
@@paradisehub9382 The Rwanda plan is an exchange agreement between between the UK and Rwanda we send them refugees and then they send an equal number to UK of their refugees
The cost of this is insane. In what world is this a better solution than processing these claims faster.
Sunak it will never happen you will never stop the small boats
He'll be blaming Rayner next. Just go wee man.
"The most complex operation the home office has ever undertaken".... Probably not easy to skirt the law and not break it in someway...
Why Rwanda? Why not Rishi's home town in India?
Southampton isn’t in India.
southampton?
@@adamcumiskey4213 He was born in Southampton , and was head boy at Winchester College. It’s his wife who is Indian .
@@johnrussell3961 i know - that's my point. His home town is Southampton not in India - I am making this point.
And her Indian looks rubbed off on him? He must be a third or fourth gen Indian.
Is just Prime miniature Fishy Sunak, displaying his funny hair style and symmetrical teeth.
It all sounds very expensive to me... Why should we be paying for something we really don't want to happen at all😢 There's plenty of things he could spend our money on that would be far more useful to all of us... like a General Election.
The "airport" is Brize Norton air base and the "commercial airliners" are Airbus 330s owned by a company called Air Tanker. This is a wholly owned commercial arm of the MoD which was used to procure air refuelling tankers from Airbus. They were allowed to keep 4 of the aircraft for commercial contracts. Two of them are used to ferry military personnel to and from the Falklands or to and from Poland. The other two are fully passenger configured and regularly operate for Jet 2 during the peak summer period. (Edited in response to comment : No need to boycott Jet 2 - they only lease the aircraft - they are not involved in the Rwanda plan).
A single Airbus could fly a whole years worth in one journey. It will set off with 20.
Boycott Jet2
@@johnbhoy2489 No. Jet 2 only lease the aircraft to satisfy peak demand. They are NOT involved in this insane Rwanda plan.
..who knew Andrew Mitchell was just another spineless politician..?
How much per migrant? Over a million each? The man's a bl.dy joke. And where are the sick and disabled who are coming here from Rwanda for NHS treatment as part of the agreement going to go.?
And what happens to his government when this does not happen?
Sunak promises it? That's definitely going to happen then.
Send little rishi and the rest of his party on the first flights out!!
And where is the plane? Any commercial airline asked to do it will refuse in order to avoid damaging their reputation. The staff will go on strike. I can guarantee that no illegal migrant will ever end up in Rwanda.
I bet if there is one it's RyanAir 😂 Would not surprise me in the slightest.
I doubt even Ryanair would stoop so low!
Has anyone checked if any planes have recently gone missing from one of our aviation museums?
Why should Rwanda 🇷🇼 have an obligation to cater to a British Refugee crisis. We need to pull the rug under such colonial nonsense.
They aren't obligated to do it, Sunak is paying them lots of our money to take these refugees!
It's a monetary win for them! The corrupt officials in Rwanda are rubbing their hands together.
Disgusting policy both immoral and in violation of human rights. Also a total waste of money. Sunak is without a shred of morality.
I want one of those cups it was as big as your face 😂 now that’s my kind of coffee cup
He certainly doesn't represent the 'Will of the People'! If Sunak gave me £1.8 million and asked me nicely, I'd gladly relocate to Rwanda! 😁
GE on July 18th then.
Why can't we send Sunak to Rwanda?
Why 1 milion pound for refugee??? Why so much?
Ask who'es pockets that money is going into
rwanda pays arsenal visit rwanda
what a waste of money and where will these poor people go. Who is behind making all the money Sunak is spending.
Haven't most of the houses in Rwanda been sold to locals so where are they going to put them ? Wouldn't it be cheaper to set up a process to legally screen immigrants ?
Lets hope Mr. Sunak is on the first flight! Or is this a clue to the ekection date????
lets have an election ..... today, now, yesterday and lets see who has the laugh....
this makes me so ashamed to be english.
Can you tell us Sunak's flight number to Rwanda?
Any airlines taking refugees to Rwanda will be boycotted full stop
No commercial airline has agreed to transport refugees to Rwanda, to date.
Oh my gosh impossible,🤦🤦🤦
Oh well, he's not kept a promise yet. No reason to suspect he'll keep this one.
At a million pounds sterling per refugee you could train/educate them to work in tge NHS, build proper housing, save tge environment. In Britain or in their countries of origin. But no. Signalling action to their base is more important.
Just stop them coming over in the first place !!!
Assuming this goes through Rishi has forgotten about the legal challenges that will follow.
Can he have a rolling rhythm of flights taking off is there not a limit per year in the Rwanda agreement ?
Just go and take your new MPS who you’ve just let go from their jobs. Hope they’ve got application forms in for their new jobs
Just let them all stay here. Its great for my business.
I'll give up UK and move abroad should this inhumane action is implemented
Half a billion for 1% someone is getting rich again
The ray sist s totally absent when this move needs to be applauded 😂😂
Me too
Why is the British prime minister allowed to lie with no consequences.This country used to be honourable what's happened.? We are now a laughing stock.
Welcome to our club. Signed, America
This announcement is just so weird.
How much do you bet that the election will be called just after the first flight? It's clearly a very high priority to spend over £1 million per refugee, rather than the NHS or child poverty.
He wasn't even first choice by his own party, he only got the job after the Truss budget disaster, which she now says wasn't even her fault, and for everyone we send over there, they can send one over here, it's utter madness.
He lost that fight today and its because that bull brakes human rights laws and would put us in the same category as Russia and Belarus its disgusting like the prime minister is
Is this energy drain still talking? The Prime Minister that the British people never wanted.
I hope Sunak 👹 is on the first flight out to Rwanda.
Why aren’t we getting the money questions asked?? Why does this government always avoid accountability? !!!
He should be bought to task for misinformation yet again due to him saying that only Labour peers are blocking this bill, when he knows cross party peers are against it!
How low can the tories sink? Is there a kevel lower than rock bottom? Nice that the UK government is contributing to alleviating the middle-class housing shortage in Ruanda by financing houses that the government there is selling off or distributing to its cronies.
Coulda spent that 350 million on something else.. maybe the NHS? Maybe labour could put that on bus 😂
So in November there was a backlog of 370,000 court cases - one can only assume this has been cleared so that it's released all of the judges and legal staff to handle any court challenges?
Sunak misses Spring deadline for Rwanda flights"
Obsfication. Do your job Mr sunak. Process people decently.
Absolute joke from beginning to.... and the cost !!!
Which commercial airlines are involved in this?