UK politics live: Starmer to give millions to far-right Italian PM Meloni to tackle irregular migration
UK politics live: Starmer to give millions to far-right Italian PM Meloni to tackle irregular migration

www.independent.co.uk
Starmer to give millions to far-right Italian PM Meloni to tackle migration - live

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Regarding the actual article: why on earth are we giving money at all? Let alone to a far-right government? Am I being dense because I don't see what we're actually getting for the money here.
Meloni will sink the boats and take the flak for a few quid.
They don't sink the boats, they are increasingly trying to keep them away from the border:
Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants (February 2022) -- [archived link]