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Starmer kills off Rwanda plan on first day as PM (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Starmer kills

Fucking hell what now

off Rwanda plan

Oh okay

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This new presidential immunity ruling has gone too far already. 😀

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The UK is a monarchy unlike the US... wait.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but unlike the US, the UK doesn't have a constitution. Oh, wait.

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The "Uk DoEsN't HaVe A CoNsTiTuTiOn" thing is so hilarious somehow, really gives off American civil religion vibes.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Why is it so ridiculous to you?

The UK using a bunch of documents, some of which are hundreds of years old and largely invalidated plus a bunch of unwritten arrangements to run a country is imo not ideal to say the least.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

American civil religion

Am I the only one who recognizes this as simply a definition of β€œculture”?

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, not the only one considering that the USA is a thing, but that sort of near-religious treatment of eg a constitution is not normal at least from the perspective of dirty foreigner like me. Franky it's weird and fucking creepy

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Good news at last

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Based.

Got the ball rolling on this, junior doctor strikes, and planning system reform on day one.

The manifesto was fairly unradical and didn't seek to rock the boat too much, but tbh I'm glad it wasn't just filled with unworkable populist stuff that they probably couldn't achieve (cough, Tory, Green, and Reform, cough).

[–] mettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The UK has already paid Β£270 million, with the latest Β£50 million instalment handed over in April. Nobody was deported, although two failed asylum seekers went to Rwanda voluntarily under a separate agreement that saw them offered a Β£3,000 incentive to go.

Just imagine what useful stuff could have been done with that money.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

They could have spent that on no PPE, or on not building a high speed railway, or failing to improve migration, etc.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Does this mean that cruel Braverman woman will go away now for reals?