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Old 29th Mar 2023, 00:24
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SATCOS WHIPPING BOY
 
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Originally Posted by vascodegama
If we are thinking of the same one, the seats were available and offered.
Which begs the question as to why they were not snapped up if that was the case.
Sadly a whistle blower, Raphael Marshall, who worked as a desk officer in the Foreign Office,stated..."...clearance for Operation Ark came "at the direct expense" of thousands of Afghans left behind "

I see the petition with regards to Scampton is at almost 50,000 signatories. Shame that the petition in itself, titled "Stop RAF Scampton Being Turned into a Detention Camp" is grossly misleading. The guests will in no way shape or form be detained. That fact was clarified during discussions regarding Linton On Ouse when it became clear they would be free to roam and the Home Office imposed 10pm "curfew" amounted to nothing more than a welfare call to those who were adrift. .

https://www.change.org/p/stop-raf-sc...detention-camp

I wish Scampton and Weathersfield every success in blocking Home Office steam-roller tactics. Both sites are wholly unsuitable and if ithey are like Linton - even the refugee charities and welfare organisations said so!


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