We cannot let Labour off the hook for this.
Just as the Conservatives allowed for years, this Government are letting illegal small boat crossings continue on a daily basis.
Every single day recently has seen such crossings continue.
Keir Starmer’s ‘smash the gangs’ pledge is as feeble as Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ posturing.
I refuse to be distracted by other issues that are minor in comparison.
It is an absolute scandal that still this is allowed to happen.
Why haven’t the Government simply said that anyone who comes without our permission, illegally via this route, is automatically excluded from ever claiming asylum here?
Some will say that is simplistic or unrealistic.
Well look at what has just happened in Poland. It underlines how pathetically weak we have been as a country.
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