The Tories’ lack of compassion shows they’re as mean as their policies

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Robert Jenrick has been doing the press rounds trying to convince one and all that the Tories are doing the decent thing (PRU/AFP via Getty Images)

I see that the government are pursuing their dream of sending migrants to Rwanda through the Supreme Court. Well, there is plenty of taxpayer money lying around, so I suppose they have to spend a decent amount on another doomed legal challenge, after having been told that yet another government-backed crusade is illegal.

Robert “Compassionate” Jenrick has been doing the press rounds trying to convince one and all that this is the decent thing to do. He’s flailing a bit on the cost effectiveness of the plan, as it appears that it would be cheaper to move migrants into luxury hotels than it would be to remove them from the UK.

But where he falls completely flat on his face is in his efforts to justify the removal of child-friendly cartoon murals from an aslyum reception centre.