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After Rwanda: what will Labour do now?

27 July 2024

9:00 AM

27 July 2024

9:00 AM

Keir Starmer is advertising for someone to head his newly created Border Security Command. The salary is higher than his own: the person in charge of stopping the boats would earn between £140,000 and £200,000.

According to the ad, the job of patrolling the English Channel can be done remotely from any one of 12 cities, including Edinburgh and Belfast.

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