I've explained all of those multiple times.

Arguing with the dishonest is pointless. I'm happy for your own posts to reveal the above for those interested enough to read them.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The mention of Viktor Orban as a model for how we could solve our illegal immigration problems a little earlier prompted me to do some background reading on him. I confess that although I knew a little about him, I didn't know enough. What he has done in Hungary might appeal to some, but behind that he has feathered his own, and his key supporter's, nests and set up the country for bankruptcy when he is eventually kicked out. Hungary is already a mess and is certain to become a much bigger one. Orban doesn't care about his country. He only cares about power.

In my opinion, this ought to serve as a warning to us all not to become complacent. It's easy to assume it couldn't happen here, but it nearly did in the USA, with Trump. We need to be politically interested and active.

If you have some time, please read this:-https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-conservatives-around-the-world-have-embraced-hungarys-viktor-orban

The idea that this immoral man man be put in charge of dealing with anything for us makes me shudder. If that's a glimpse of our future, then we need to work to change direction asap.

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Don’t you mean Saddick?

Whilst I completely agree that Brexit isn't to blame for this situation, what I said, and believe, is that it hasn't helped. I realise we are paying the French to patrol their waters, but I cannot imagine they do so with too much enthusiasm.

How we filter out those who are genuine asylum seekers from the economic opportunists must be a nightmare of a task, and I don't envy your wife, or anyone else, having to do it. Facing those kinds of questions and being pretty sure that our compassion is being abused must be frustrating at best.

With the reported numbers hitting record levels, getting the new arrangements through Parliament and into law becomes urgent. Then we can use the method of arrival as a determinant in deciding whether to grant asylum, or order deportation.

Attacking the issue at source, rather than at destination, seems to me to be the only truly effective way of dealing with this properly. That requires international action to find and destroy the criminal gangs running the operations. What is happening behind the scenes isn't known to me, but I would be surprised if nothing was being done. Clearly, though, it hasn't yet bourne fruit.

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Although it has nothing to do with this subject, and possibly deserves its own, I find it interesting that those I would have imagined cheering this government to the rafters as they "Got Brexit done" are now saying this kind of thing. For you are not the first.

I find it quite encouraging that Johnson and his crew are being exposed and hounded like this. They were always a bunch of political charlatans, both during and after Brexit, but it's good to see all sides in agreement.

With Corbyn also relegated to the pages of history, maybe our politics can reacquire some decency and common purpose again. When Johnson gets dumped of course. It's coming!

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Carrrrm down Jimmy