Sorry to harp on about this, but... 'The flight, which cost a | Millennial Woes

Sorry to harp on about this, but...

"The flight, which cost an estimated £500,000, had already been paid for from the public purse, a government source confirmed. The UK government has paid £120m as a downpayment on the Rwanda deal. The government has declined to say how much it has paid in legal costs"

How on EARTH does a flight cost £500,000? The plane apparently has about 300 seats. A single one-way ticket to Rwanda costs £700. So chartering a plane to make that journey should cost, in total, about £210,000 - but somehow the government has managed to pay £500,000 for it? What the hell...?! That's without mentioning that the flight isn't even going to happen now - so half a million of taxpayer money just flushed down the toilet.

Then the legal costs (lawyer fees). God knows what that will be - probably several million.

The only bit I feel okay about is paying Rwanda to take these people off our hands. But £120m paid... and now they're not going to take them off our hands? Are we going to ask for the money back?

It's just such an absolute embarrassment, such a humiliation for anyone who still has any pride in this country.