Utterly beautiful Beethoven Emperor on BBC Radio 3 with Jonathan Biss. Sounding Romantic, lifting the morning thanks Petroc Trelawny and team.

Sunak has allocated 2200 detention spaces, 200 caseworkers, 25 courtrooms, 150 judges and 5000 sitting days for Rwanda

At a time when rape victims have to wait almost 2 years for a trial the PM has suddenly found the cash and capacity to get what he wants
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'This is an extortionately expensive scheme, costing nearly £2 million per asylum seeker to cover just 1% of asylum seekers...

'This is not a serious plan to tackle the dangerous boat crossings'

Labour's Yvette Cooper hits out at Sunak's Rwanda Bill

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Aargh, I missed this. I didn't know that David Anderson had 'given way'. I don't blame him - holding up both Houses for an all night sitting is a huge decision.
Shame on the Govt and its pliant members in Commons and Lords.
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It’s Shakespeare’s 460th birthday today! we’re delighted to be bringing a brand new Lyric production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to our brand new outdoor theatre THIS SUMMER, as part of the very exciting #Belfast2024

Tickets on sale very very soon 🤗

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Brilliant news! Umbrellas provided for the bosky production...love the Dream, hope the dark side emerges.

This 1970 list of National Front policies is now only “Restore capital punishment” away from a Conservatives full house in 2024.

And I bet they’d like to.

So the “Safety of Rwanda” Bill has passed.

I feel far more angry, depressed and ashamed than I realised I would be. Passing a law that establishes a lie as the truth. And for what?

A shameful act from a dying Govt. We need an election. Now.

The Teeswork Freeport corruption in short.

2 businessmen paid £110 for a £100m site.
We paid £462m to clean it up they paid nothing
They made £100m selling scrap metal from clean up, we received nothing.

Michael Gov won’t investigate because he is in on it

Where's the Police?

A fast reaction from UNHCR. The UK is becoming a pariah state. And proudly.

Much needed musical balm.

So the Rwanda bill becomes law, with Britain an inspiration to the extreme right across Europe. Summary deportation with no right of appeal, some manacled in 21st century convict flights. If the ECHR dares to challenge, we leave that. All to reflect “ the people’s will”. Not mine

Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench), 'A vote for this amendment is not a vote for delay, it simply gives the secretary of state the power to declare Rwanda safe'

'He could do that tomorrow, if he had the evidence for it. And if he does not have the evidence for it, how can he

Success is when this illegal, cruel & unworkable bill is stoped or amended. The Gov has not moved a single comma in response to the Lords amendments. The will of the people is for a GE now not this. Rishi can threaten to keep us up all night - we are not backing down.

The House of Lords can and should dig in on the Rwanda Bill. This is not a manifesto Bill. The human rights implications are stark. The implications for the UK's international commitments are real. The upper chamber has delaying powers for a night like tonight.

Hope do push back again as bill toxic, unworthy.

Keep going.

Good news. Against immense and wholly inappropriate pressure from a weak, dishonourable and desperate Prime Minister, the Lords continue to do their job.

Good work.

Proud to be voting again in House of Lords to amend the Rwanda Bill. Government defeated again!