Appeal to UK OTFers - please oppose mass deportations to Jamaica scheduled tomorrow

[delicatemoth]

Tomorrow a chartered deportation flight is due to forcibly remove a large number of Jamaican-born people, many of whom have lived here since childhood and have little current connection with Jamaica. The flimsy justification is that they have been convicted of criminal offences, but many are minor, happened years ago and/or are pretty dubious (e.g. joint enterprise convictions) - anyway, they have already served sentences. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...st-home-office

It would be good if OTFers could email or tweet their MPs today to oppose this cruel, racist act by the UK government. Tweeter Jase has made a template -

https://twitter.com/jasebyjason/status/1225814771468992512

Even if your MP is a Tory git it is still worth doing this.

Here's the story of one of those due to be deported.

https://twitter.com/BARACUK/status/1225926474311651328

[EIM]

Done.

[Benjm]

Done. Thanks for flagging up, dm.

[hobbes]

And me

[DCI Harry Batt]

Ditto.

So if 170 MPs went to the airport and physically tried to stop the flight, that would be excellent.

[Nefertiti2]

Also emailed - thanks for this dm

there's a petition here

[Jah Womble]

Yep, signed and emailed. Well done for posting this.

[Duncan Gardner]

Good work DM

[MsD]

Signed and shared.

(Although, I'd love to be going to Jamaica tomorrow.)

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/maybulman/status/1226953288626704387?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

They stopped the plane! Well done dm and everyone!

[Sean of the Shed]

I have serious doubts that the Government would have gone ahead with this anyway, but allowed objections to be raised and the courts to intervene so that they could appear to the vast number of racist gammon that voted for them that they were being tough on immigration and tough on crime, and were only thwarted by lots of do-gooder lefty snowflakes and "enemy of the people" judges who all hate Britain anyway.

[Tactical Genius]

I have serious doubts that the Government would have gone ahead with this anyway, but allowed objections to be raised and the courts to intervene so that they could appear to the vast number of racist gammon that voted for them that they were being tough on immigration and tough on crime, and were only thwarted by lots of do-gooder lefty snowflakes and "enemy of the people" judges who all hate Britain anyway.

Agree 100%

[delicatemoth]

Thanks everyone, but I'm afraid not all are off the hook.

https://twitter.com/JCWI_UK/status/1226972317252759553

[delicatemoth]

https://twitter.com/followMFJ/status/1226991454511419399

[DCI Harry Batt]

I wish it were true that the government were just posing. It isn't.

[EIM]

Given what we know about them and what they've been doing already for years, why would we even consider it a possibility? This sort of racism and action is central to their identity.

[delicatemoth]

It appears that despite losing their case the Home Office are trying to deport people, right now, using force.

https://twitter.com/BARACUK/status/1227081941637386246

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/katyfbrand/status/1227130839907098624?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

the Government no longer pretends to obey the law, even when ordered to by a court.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Jamaica deportation flight leaves with 'around 20' people

Bastards.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/piercepenniless/status/1227144956982235136?s=20

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/Mc_Heckin_Duff/status/1227167088999092229?s=20

[Patrick Thistle]

Described as "a planeload of convicted criminals" on Talksport news this morning. It's not just the BBC doing terrible news at the moment.

[ursus arctos]

Nice set of law courts you've got there

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