What happened on 29th June 2023 - with your comments in the Web

On Thursday, the Sky News reported that Rwanda deportation ruling to be appealed by government at Supreme Court.

Rishi Sunak said he "fundamentally disagrees" with a legal ruling that the Rwanda deportation scheme is unlawful - and will appeal it at the Supreme Court. The prime minister said he will do "whatever is necessary" to get the removal flights going after campaigners won a Court of Appeal challenge over the controversial policy.

Earlier on Thursday, three judges overturned a High Court ruling that previously said the east African nation could be considered a "safe third country" for migrants to be sent to.

 

Readers were skeptical about safety of the Rwanda asylum.

"Unsurprising - representing Rwanda as a safe paradise while also saying it’s a ‘deterrent’ is not a very consistent argument. The evidence from Israel’s own Rwanda experiment is very disturbing too…"

"For one thing travel advice for Rwanda includes vaccinations for Hep A, B, Tetanus, Meningitis, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, etc. Would asylum seekers be offered full courses for all of these?

What about antimalarial medication courses? There's risk of Dengue too."

 "Possibly part of the £160k it apparently costs to send people there. Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through instead of just having proper immigration policies and capacity to manage it. If I didn’t know any better I would suspect there are some Tory mates expecting to receive a pretty penny through this policy"

"Saying somewhere is safe for refugees that have come from a literal war zone, but not as nice as the UK is pretty consistent imo."

Also on Thursday, a House of Lords committee has warned that the UK government allowing ‘millions to fall behind’ due to digital exclusion.

As services move online at an “unprecedented” rate, the report by the Lords communications and digital committee found significant numbers lacked the means and skills needed to get online.

The cost of living crisis has exacerbated affordability issues, with up to 1 million people cutting off their broadband due to their finances, while half of people over 75 lacked basic digital skills.

 

Yet, the stories, except about elderly ones, in the article didn't meet sympathy among readers.

"This feels like another case where there's just a complete absence of personal responsibility and expecting the government to solve all of your problems."

"Do remember that your work coach won't tell you about this, I'd also put down that it's also a generational problem my grandparents would rather struggle than ask for help."

"Considering there is broadband deals far cheaper than what shes spouting Id say so. But considering shes pushing "holistic" medicine, id say brains arent something shes overflowing with."

"With the best will in the world, has she considered working 1 shift a month tending bar?

That'd cover the internet for the month in all of 4 hours. Presumably, if her "holistic health business" she reckons is hot shit, then she wouldn't even have to do it very long."

On Thursday as well, the mining of battery-grade lithium carbonate - a key component in electric cars - has been announced in Cornwall.

The joint venture between china clay company Imerys and British Lithium aims to operate the UK's "leading lithium hub" within five years.Their target is to to supply 500,000 electric cars with the component per year by the end of the decade. The development, in the St Austell area, could potentially create at least 300 direct jobs, the companies said.

It is estimated there are enough resources that the life of a mine could exceed 30 years and produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year. This would meet roughly two-thirds of Britain's estimated battery demand by 2030.

The UK government has previously acknowledged the urgent need for electric vehicle battery manufacturing in the UK to secure the future of the car industry.A spokesperson for the new Cornwall project said drilling and exploration had been carried out since 2017 and a process and pilot plant had been developed.

 

 The main concern of readers was about non British company doing that.

"British Lithium Ltd - registers in British Virgin Islands, no accounts. As a non British company, should be allowed to call itself British anything.

No prizes for guessing how this plays out."

"jobs for the UK, reduction of dependence on dubious mining practices elsewhere"

 

"Is this going to be one of those deals where all the profit is syphoned off by the French mining company and all Cornwall gets out of it is a bunch of toxic chemicals dumped into its rivers?"

 

"Directors are Australian. Company registered overseas. What part of this is British? Apart from the resource?"

 

Another Thursday issue was the LBC sharing the moment a passerby threw milk over a group of Just Stop Oil protesters as they held up traffic during their latest slow marching stunt.

The furious onlooker acted after the eco-activists slow marched through Hammersmith during Thursday evening's London rush-hour.

In a video posted online, a man can be heard muttering to himself before he approaches the group of around six protesters in the road and throws an open bottle of whole milk over them.

The man, in Hammersmith, filmed himself approaching the Just Stop Oil protesters as he muttered: "Having a laugh this lot."

He then declines a leaflet from one of those involved in the protest before asking the activists: "What's going on here?"

He then proceeds to throw the milk across several of those gathered, before pouring the remnants over their heads.

 Brits weren't optimistic about those photos.

 

"This will end in a violent incident. You can see it coming"

 

"The overwhelming majority hate these people and their irrational and utterly tone deaf “protests”." - "

The overwhelming majority are going to get a rude awakening pretty soon. Then there will be a wailing of gnashing of teeth along the lines of why didn't anyone do anything about it.

What the overwhelming majority of people don't realise is just what is at stake, or maybe they do and they just don't care, but whatever they feel about being inconvenienced by XR or Just Stop Oil, bears no comparison to how their remaining days will be impacted by climate change.

Bottom line is that XR and Just stop oil are on the side of the angels, and what history remains will not be kind to people who feel inconvenienced when they focus on business as usual.

Doesn't bother me, I am divesting as much as I can from modern life, just don't come looking to me for help when the SHTF. The UK has made it's bed and it can lie in it."