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Independent’s Geordie Greig says Afghan pilot campaign was driving ‘coach and horses’ through small boats policy
The Independent
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8/24/2023
FULL INTERVIEW: Geordie Greig discusses Afghan pilot being granted asylum after The Independent’s campaign.Source: LBC UK
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taken us five months with government telling us at the highest level it would never happen
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and they seemed to be worried it was going to tip up their policy over small boats, it
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was going to ride a coach and horses through that. So they put political primacy over principle
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and I think that is something which is sad because he showed valour, courage, he was
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on the fight for right.
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