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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 14:46:08 GMT
Stop Press: Cost of Rwanda transport plunges. USAF has announced the C17 payload record is not 640, but 823! That's a 28% reduction per bumspace. Time to re-crunch the numbers. Excellent news, and I believe RAF Transport Command have eight C17's. No doubt the Home Office are frantically working on a plan that shows using the RAF will be far too costly. |
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Post by jonksy on Dec 18, 2023 15:05:05 GMT
Stop Press: Cost of Rwanda transport plunges. USAF has announced the C17 payload record is not 640, but 823! That's a 28% reduction per bumspace. Time to re-crunch the numbers. Excellent news, and I believe RAF Transport Command have eight C17's. No doubt the Home Office are frantically working on a plan that shows using the RAF will be far too costly. We allso have a fleet of 22 Atlas A400Ms. And very nice they are too. They are the backbone of the UK Ukrain supply line.
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 18, 2023 15:05:21 GMT
Stop Press: Cost of Rwanda transport plunges. USAF has announced the C17 payload record is not 640, but 823! That's a 28% reduction per bumspace. Time to re-crunch the numbers. Excellent news, and I believe RAF Transport Command have eight C17's. No doubt the Home Office are frantically working on a plan that shows using the RAF will be far too costly. So we only need to send one 3/4 empty plane to fulfil this year's quota. Yipee. With that and an overcrowded barge we've saved 700 hotel spaces. Just another 20,000 to go and we've dealt with a whole year's worth. Anything is better than actually letting them go to work and start contributing to society. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 15:10:09 GMT
Excellent news, and I believe RAF Transport Command have eight C17's. No doubt the Home Office are frantically working on a plan that shows using the RAF will be far too costly. We allso have a fleet of 22 Atlas A400Ms. And very nice they are too. They are the backbone of the UK Ukrain supply line.
It seems to me that the RAF is the obvious choice. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 15:11:32 GMT
Excellent news, and I believe RAF Transport Command have eight C17's. No doubt the Home Office are frantically working on a plan that shows using the RAF will be far too costly. So we only need to send one 3/4 empty plane to fulfil this year's quota. Yipee. With that and an overcrowded barge we've saved 700 hotel spaces. Just another 20,000 to go and we've dealt with a whole year's worth. Anything is better than actually letting them go to work and start contributing to society. Monte, we have already established that the 200 a year figure you mentioned earlier is nonsense. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 18, 2023 15:20:09 GMT
So we only need to send one 3/4 empty plane to fulfil this year's quota. Yipee. With that and an overcrowded barge we've saved 700 hotel spaces. Just another 20,000 to go and we've dealt with a whole year's worth. Anything is better than actually letting them go to work and start contributing to society. Monte, we have already established that the 200 a year figure you mentioned earlier is nonsense. We've done no such thing. We've had confirmation that the Rwandan government has said they only have 200 available spaces. No doubt they could have built some more accommodation with the £240 million we've sent them if only they weren't such a corrupt government. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 15:26:02 GMT
Monte, we have already established that the 200 a year figure you mentioned earlier is nonsense. We've done no such thing. We've had confirmation that the Rwandan government has said they only have 200 available spaces. No doubt they could have built some more accommodation with the £240 million we've sent them if only they weren't such a corrupt government. Although no illegals have actually been sent yet, the government has previously stated that anyone entering the UK illegally after 1 January 2022 could be sent there, with no limit on numbers - link |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 15:28:51 GMT
Monte, we have already established that the 200 a year figure you mentioned earlier is nonsense. We've done no such thing. We've had confirmation that the Rwandan government has said they only have 200 available spaces. No doubt they could have built some more accommodation with the £240 million we've sent them if only they weren't such a corrupt government. You previously stated that Rwanda had agreed to take just 200 a year. You then pulled back on that and said it was just something you heard someone say. |
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Post by sandypine on Dec 18, 2023 15:42:27 GMT
We allso have a fleet of 22 Atlas A400Ms. And very nice they are too. They are the backbone of the UK Ukrain supply line.
It seems to me that the RAF is the obvious choice. Nationalisation is an option. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 15:48:23 GMT
It seems to me that the RAF is the obvious choice. Nationalisation is an option. Indeed yes, there's a thought lol. |
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Post by jonksy on Dec 18, 2023 15:56:58 GMT
We allso have a fleet of 22 Atlas A400Ms. And very nice they are too. They are the backbone of the UK Ukrain supply line.
It seems to me that the RAF is the obvious choice. It would make for fine pilot training of these flying monsters Red. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 18, 2023 16:18:00 GMT
We've done no such thing. We've had confirmation that the Rwandan government has said they only have 200 available spaces. No doubt they could have built some more accommodation with the £240 million we've sent them if only they weren't such a corrupt government. Although no illegals have actually been sent yet, the government has previously stated that anyone entering the UK illegally after 1 January 2022 could be sent there, with no limit on numbers - linkIt will be really embarrassing when Rwanda sends all but 200 back again. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 18, 2023 16:19:18 GMT
We've done no such thing. We've had confirmation that the Rwandan government has said they only have 200 available spaces. No doubt they could have built some more accommodation with the £240 million we've sent them if only they weren't such a corrupt government. You previously stated that Rwanda had agreed to take just 200 a year. You then pulled back on that and said it was just something you heard someone say. You omit the bit about the Rwandan govt saying they can only accommodate 200. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Dec 18, 2023 16:24:44 GMT
I just listened to former Labour MP Simon Danczuk who said he knows there are private companies out there who would be more than willing to sign a government contract to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, he also said he knows from experience that behind the scenes civil servants (Home Office) would make it as difficult as possible.
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Just been reported that the PCS (Civil Service) Union are gathering in London to demonstrate against the governments Rwanda plan. This is ridiculous, is it any wonder the government are struggling to get anything done when the left wing civil service are constantly fighting against government policy. They should be bloody sacked, the lot of them.
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Post by ratcliff on Dec 18, 2023 17:47:14 GMT
I just listened to former Labour MP Simon Danczuk who said he knows there are private companies out there who would be more than willing to sign a government contract to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, he also said he knows from experience that behind the scenes civil servants (Home Office) would make it as difficult as possible. Edit: Just been reported that the PCS (Civil Service) Union are gathering in London to demonstrate against the governments Rwanda plan. This is ridiculous, is it any wonder the government are struggling to get anything done when the left wing civil service are constantly fighting against government policy. They should be bloody sacked, the lot of them. About time the UK followed the US model whereby an incoming government brought in its' own senior administrators for their duration rather have to rely on an obstructive permanent civil service |
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