The UK is in a terrible state, thanks to the Conservatives, and what’s their solution? “Look at those filthy refugees trying to invade our country!”

The way the authorities – and the media – have treated this situation is a national disgrace.

For example: Priti Patel.

She seems to think international law is an annoying burden because it prevents us from shooting innocent people out of hand.

It turns out she was told back in November that her policies were causing asylum-seekers to use more dangerous routes into the UK:

“A policy that focuses exclusively on closing borders will drive migrants to take more dangerous routes, and push them into the hands of criminal groups,” the report said.

She wasn’t interested then – possibly because the report’s advice was to provide more legal routes for asylum-seekers to enter the UK, and to address their reasons for wanting to leave their own lands (This Writer has suggested the same).

Her own attitude is far more ruthless. She wants to keep them out and doesn’t care what happens to them as a result. Hence her own comments:

Notice that she uses the word “shameful” in her thread, to divert attention away from the fact that it is her own attitude to other human beings that is the real cause of shame here.

And look where her actions led: reporters for Tory sockpuppets the BBC treating a life-and-death situation like a spectator sport:

Did you notice that the people on the boat said they were from Syria?

The UK bombed Syria in 2018, after it was claimed that that country’s government had used chemical weapons to attack its own people.

Those weapons were manufactured using materials exported to Syria by the United Kingdom.

Now, I don’t know the personal situations of the people on that boat, but it seems entirely likely that the UK is the reason they have been fleeing their own country.

If you approve of this behaviour by your country’s leaders then you are a jingoistic, sabre-rattling racist.

Fortunately, the evidence I’ve seen suggests that few people do. Most of us appear to have reacted with disgust – both at the government and at the BBC. Here’s a sample:

https://twitter.com/TheMendozaWoman/status/1292898221581373440

https://twitter.com/JoshuaYJackson/status/1292904392144887812

Protest all we like, it won’t make a difference.

The simple fact is that this is part of a cycle of hate that the UK electorate has supported with its votes – not just for the past 10 years but for decades before that.

And you can’t even guarantee it won’t happen if you vote for a different party…

https://twitter.com/BenJolly9/status/1292875365422071811

We turned our backs on our chance of a better world when we rejected Jeremy Corbyn – twice – at the ballot box.

So if you want to resist this brutality, you need to find a way of making it hurt the people who matter.

Good luck thinking of ways to do that…

Or perhaps you’d rather just shout at the telly and vent your spleen on Twitter? It is easier, after all.

Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/mike-sivier-libel-fight/

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