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For the sake of the British people, we can only wish Sir Keir Starmer’s government, and particularly Yvette Cooper, the new Home Secretary, luck and success in their new roles.
There is so much that can be said about the result of the election – much has been. As we and others forecast, the 2024 general election proved catastrophic for the Conservatives. For Labour, it was a historic triumph. The LibDems – we suspect to even to their surprise – won more seats than took them into the 2010 coalition government. And, of course, there was Reform UK, with more votes than the LibDems but in return for 66 fewer seats.
Five seats may not seem a lot, but it could prove to be the wedge that allows the Farage-led quintet (including Lee Anderson, a recent Conservative backbencher) to march into the decimated Tory ranks. Foxy-Farage in a hencoop full of headless chickens wreaking havoc. He must be licking his lips in anticipation.
All this brought about by 14 years of broken promises and failure to control and reduce immigration, stop the boats and sort out the shattered asylum system. We accept that they messed up on other issues too but for millions of people who voted Conservative in 2019 (many for the first time) this was the paramount issue and what helped Boris Johnson secure his 80-seat majority.
We respectfully suggest that the lamentable Tory record on immigration should serve as a salutary lesson to Sir Keir and Ms Cooper, of what can happen when governments go against the wishes of the people or betray their trust. Labour have a gargantuan majority and can pretty much do whatever they damn well please. And, as Sir Keir and Ms Cooper reminded fellow MPs in the heated post-Brexit exchanges in the Commons, Parliament is supreme. Mess up, and the voters can vote you out of office as easily as they have just voted you in.
The British people want immigration cut. They won’t tolerate net migration adding another 2 million plus people to the population in the life of this parliament. You have to do more than tinker with the points-based system and set up a new “Border Security Command” (BSC), Home Secretary. Net migration of around 700,000 per year, what we have now, will rapidly add millions of people to our population. That is totally unacceptable to the British people.
As for illegal Channel crossings, how long will it take for the BSC to have any effect? Indeed, how much impact will it have? We believe it will make little difference and it will take years for this to become apparent. Why won’t you even give the Rwanda scheme even a chance, Sir Keir? We have to say, the photo below from a few years ago does not inspire confidence in our new Home Secretary. Will she or the Prime Minister have the courage and political will to do whatever is necessary to stop the boats?
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