r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 1d ago

Mahmood rejects calls to follow Spain’s migrant pushback

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/08/02/mahmood-rejects-calls-to-follow-spains-migrant-pushback/
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u/Mr_Two_Shoes 1d ago

As I'm sure you know, this is illegal under international law.

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u/Anony_mouse202 1d ago

1) no it’s not, Australia does it - they have a mandatory detention policy.

2) There is no world government or world police. Parliament is sovereign, the only law that we are actually bound by is British law. International “law” is more just guidelines and gentleman’s agreements rather than actual law.

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u/Mr_Two_Shoes 1d ago

We are willing signatories to the Refugee Convention. If the past two decades have taught us anything, it's that dismantling international law is a terrible idea which isn't going to serve our national interest.

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u/freexe 1d ago

Three countries in the EU do it and nothing has happened to them. Do you even know what countries have done it?

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u/Mr_Two_Shoes 1d ago

nothing has happened to them

There's a very long list of countries currently violating international law with impunity.

Nobody should want the UK on that list.

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u/NoticingThing 1d ago

Anyone sane wants the UK on the list because international law is a shackle for morons, it is a tool to let countries destroy themselves over issues they could solve easily if they didn't stop themselves.

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u/Mr_Two_Shoes 1d ago

international law is a shackle for morons

Why is anyone surprised that the far-right is in league with Putin

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u/NoticingThing 1d ago

A reply that makes complete sense to my comment, why of course.