Quote Originally Posted by ninian opinian View Post
Liz Truss: Don't let a war get in the way of a photo opportunity. https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/...063208963?s=21

Plus a Tory MP tells the women and children fleeing war to apply for a visa to pick fruit.

Appeasing their right wing loons again.

This government are a disgrace. We should take as many refugees as possible, other countries are. Why not us???
I haven't seen any source for the "fruit picking" statement but David Lammy did mention it on the Sunday Morning programme on BBC TV this morning, so I presume it's true, in which case that is disgusting. As someone who has already brought a Syrian refugee family to the UK via the Home Office local community sponsorship scheme I will be writing to my MP to put pressure on the Home Secretary to announce a specific number of Ukrainian refugees that the UK will take so that local authorities and individual community groups can plan ahead. Without that information then little will happen sadly. I would urge fellow MB members to do the same - write to your MP, don't just whinge on a football forum.