Jeez. Just listen to Tory Mel Stride responding to a leaked recording obtained by Sky News of Chris Philp admitting UK couldn’t return asylum seekers to Europe post-Brexit, despite promises made at time “It seems to me what Chris Philp was stating was just the blindingly obvious” - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Jeez. Just listen to Tory Mel Stride responding to a leaked recording obtained by Sky News of Chris Philp admitting UK couldn’t return asylum seekers to Europe post-Brexit, despite promises made at time

“It seems to me what Chris Philp was stating was just the blindingly obvious”

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jaxxcatlady.bsky.social•3 days ago

Don’t recall them saying that at the time of the referendum or in the years following.

mynameisalexp.bsky.social•3 days ago

Like a good politico just lies and bluster

direynolds.bsky.social•3 days ago

Philp says that *half* the people crossing the Channel could have been returned had we still been in the EU. This was not “blindingly obvious” even to Philp and his government, who only bothered to look into it as we were about to leave the EU.

buffy-slayer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stride is an incompetent shitweasel of the highest order, who won his seat by 5 votes at the GE.

yendormad.bsky.social•3 days ago

The bit that gets me is: did they not consider this was going to be a problem when they pushed through Bozos ready made deal? Were there no impact assessments? You have to ask therefore, are the ministers and civil service fit for purpose? Seems to be a ridiculous oversight.

tarot-cat.bsky.social•3 days ago

From what I've heard, the Civil Servants were ignored. Every concern they raised was written off as them being "Remainers" obstructing Brexit.

robwiny.bsky.social•3 days ago

Here we go...yet again. How many blindingly obvious problems were raised and dismissed by the deluded or corrupt as 'project fear'?

maldenrosselle.bsky.social•3 days ago

The truth is out there just look

ddayve.bsky.social•3 days ago

Philips never knowingly tells the truth in public.

susanseekshope.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mel Stride just lost credibility.

robwiny.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, I don't think it's possible to have negative credibility.

antiquejohn.bsky.social•3 days ago

He had any?

rmcl82.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stating the blindingly obvious i.e. that Brexit was a lot of fucking pain for absolutely no gain.

80dayvisits.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course, their habitual casual lies and sophistry - it's just blindingly obvious that they are strangers to truth.

limerickjack.bsky.social•3 days ago

WAKE UP LABOUR
.... do the right thing, make the right decisions and you can fix this and help this country immensely, carry with this Brexit bollox and you hand it all to reform and trump and we have no future.