The small boats plan and the Northern Ireland deal | Chris Heaton-Harris and Lord Dannatt
Sophy Ridge On Sunday
Sky News
4.2 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Speaking to podcast host Sophy Ridge, he said the new laws will mean that people who come to the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum.
We also hear from former Chief of the General Staff Lord Dannatt, who said sending weaponry to Ukraine “almost certainly” depletes the UK's defence capability but that it's important to support the country in its war with Russia.
Our political correspondent Liz Bates and programme editor Scott Beasley join Sophy to analyse this week’s interviews.
Podcast Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 0:44.7 | Hello and welcome to the Sophie Ridge on Sunday podcast on the program today. We spoke to the |
| 0:50.4 | Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Hight and Harris about small boats and Brexit and we also spoke to the former Chief of the Haten Harris about small boats and Brexit, |
| 0:58.2 | and we also spoke to the former Chief of the General Staff, Lord Richard Dennett. |
| 1:04.8 | Well, on the podcast today, we're joined as usual by Scott Beasley, show editor. Hi, Scott. Hello, Sophie. And we also have lovely Liz Bates with us as well. Thank you. I am lovely. |
| 1:10.1 | Thank you for turning that. Hi, Liz.. So while it feels like we're still digesting the Brexit deal, |
| 1:17.4 | so I've been on that, and also of course the small boats plan has come out today |
| 1:22.5 | with Chrissy and Harris confirming on the programme that if you enter the UK illegally, so if you cross the |
| 1:28.8 | channel on a small boat, you will be banned from claiming asylum, which seems like quite a major |
| 1:34.0 | shift in policy. I'll be interesting to see the details of how they plan to make that work |
| 1:38.2 | legally. And before we get to the kind of meet of the interview, Liz, do you feel like |
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