Rishi Sunak passes The Safety of Rwanda Bill through the House of Commons
"Immigrants on average are less of a burden and contribute to the economy more than ‘native’ Britons" - Reem Ibrahim
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by writer, journalist and broadcaster, Christina Patterson, Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Reem Ibrahim, and former Political Editor of the Sunday Mirror, Nigel Nelson.
Chris kicks the conversation off with Rishi Sunak’s seemingly desperate electoral ploy to push through the Rwanda scheme, passing the Safety of Rwanda Bill through the House of Commons on Wednesday night. The panel analyse whether the public is as concerned with the issue of immigration as the government have convinced themselves they are, and how Britain should be addressing legal and illegal immigration. Reem argues that immigrants on average are less of a burden and contribute to the economy more than ‘native’ Britons…
They then focus on Sunak: does he have a vision for the country behind the veil of party politics? Will the Conservatives lurch even further to the right after his likely election defeat?
Chris then asks each panellist what story is catching their interest right now:
- Nigel takes on the post-office scandal and the impact of ITV’s drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- Christina’s is the expansion of the Israel-Gaza conflict in the Middle East to the Red Sea
- Reem’s is the government’s historic bill to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 – she thinks the attack on vape products doesn’t make sense
We’d love to hear what you think of the episode at email@wrightonthenail.fm.
In this episode we discuss:
- The Safety of Rwanda Bill
- Legal and illegal immigration in the UK and globally
- The government’s historic bill to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 – she thinks the attack on vape products doesn’t make sense.
- The post-office scandal and the impact of ITV’s TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- The expansion of the Israel-Gaza conflict in the Middle East to the Red Sea
