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Today 71 Members of Parliament supported a Bill that would have allowed the government to break international law on asylum seekers

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/12/today-71-members-of-parliament-supported-a-bill-that-would-have-allowed-the-government-to-break-international-law-on-asylum-seekers/

Today 71 Members of Parliament supported a Bill that would have allowed the government to break international law on asylum seekers

14th December 2022 Earlier today, 71 Members of Parliament supported a Bill that would allow the government to send asylum seekers back to the countries from where they had most immediately come fr…

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Dec 14, 2022 at 7:25pmWeb
Show threadDavid Colquhoun on BlueskyDec 14, 2022
@davidallengreen
There was a time when Conservatives claimed to be the party of law and order. Now they are the party of law-breaking. That is a very dangerous change.
Show threadGareth KitchenDec 14, 2022
@davidallengreen So how does that square with their Code of Conduct? e.g. 5. Members have a duty to uphold the law, including the general law against discrimination.
Show threadPhil HaighDec 14, 2022
@gruff @davidallengreen more a guideline than your actual rules…
Show threadJon StokesDec 14, 2022

@davidallengreen OK, I have to ask. Why 71, when the motion for leave to bring in a bill attracted 69 Ayes, including the proposer and seconder?

*finger poised over the delete button*

Show threadPhil Thane ✅Dec 14, 2022
@davidallengreen I see once again my MP, Richard Fuller, Con, NE Beds isn't listed as having voted. Becoming a regular thing with him, whenever there's a controversial vote that might impede his rise to high office he is conveniently to busy to attend. In a few years it will be noticed that, 'he rose without trace.'
Show threadmartinconnollyDec 14, 2022
@pthane @davidallengreen and Kieran Mullan, Conservative MP for Crewe & Nantwich, didn't vote either. A man who is completely and utterly useless. He knows he's out on his ear in the next election and has pretty much given up.
Show threadSunnySideUpDec 14, 2022
@davidallengreen So, trump is in charge over there?
Show threadRyan ThomasDec 14, 2022
@davidallengreen Interesting that this list includes Tim Loughton, who had received a lot of good press for his questioning of Braverman re legal routes