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moniss

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1. As I recall the Tories

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 06:38 AM

Apr 27

put in an amendment to the bill that removes having been trafficked or bound into slavery as a basis for granting asylum. So in an election year that's looking dim for them the Tories thought that a successful campaign slogan would be "Quit your whining about being passed around at gunpoint you blighter!!"

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As I recall the Tories moniss Apr 27 #1

Technically, those grounds for asylum were removed in an act last year, and the Tories rejected an amendment muriel_volestrangler Apr 27 #3

Thank you for this reference and moniss Apr 27 #4

That law should frighten everyone malaise Apr 27 #2