Unless the Labour party can get a leader that is likeable, I foresee the next election being a coalition because many people will hit the Conservatives where it hurts due to two issues, the mess of getting brexit finalised and more importantly, the issue over illegal migrants.

For years groups have been voicing concerns over lack of affordable housing for the next generations of young adults growing up and leaving the family home to start a new life so the government brings in procedures to bet more affordable housing built but what happens, as these houses are being built, illegal migrants in their thousands cross the English channel all claiming asylum. The government fails to deal with the issue with the result being these illegal immigrants have to be housed somewhere meaning local councils have been forced to use old military barracks, hotels and yes you guessed it, social housing. Housing that is meant to go to the citizens of the UK are being used to house illegal immigrants.

I have no doubt there are young adults up and down the country who are extremely frustrated at not being able to find a place to live, saying to their parents 'look mum/dad, I've tried, there is just no affordable places'. These parents will see how hopeless the situation is and thus blame the government and come the next election, these parents will be doubting if they should vote for the Conservatives again.

So, unless the Labour party gets a leader that resonates with the public, the Conservatives will win again but not by a huge majority and will be a coalition again.

They won't know what hit them when you awake them rudely, JBR.

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Patel is an absolute nightmare, the worst Home Secretary ever.

It is not impossible to deal with illegals, but she has stopped them being returned.

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I have to disagree.

The last decent Home Secretary was Labour.

David Blunkett, 20 years ago.

Very supportive, put the money in for joint working and illegals, if they managed to land, where very quickly dealt with.

Yes, May was a nightmare, but things got worse under Patel.

Boris is also a nightmare, he wanted to give an amnesty to all illegals.

We do not even keep records of incomers and leavers, which is a complete nonsense.

We do not track down overstayers and there are hundreds of thousands of those.

We are the worst in Europe for Border Control.

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I have to disagree.

The last decent Home Secretary was Labour.

David Blunkett, 20 years ago.

Very supportive, put the money in for joint working and illegals, if they managed to land, where very quickly dealt with.

Yes, May was a nightmare, but things got worse under Patel.

Boris is also a nightmare, he wanted to give an amnesty to all illegals.

We do not even keep records of incomers and leavers, which is a complete nonsense.

We do not track down overstayers and there are hundreds of thousands of those.

We are the worst in Europe for Border Control.

We call it "border farce" in this thread, Cinderella.

Not really much they can do, just following orders. If you can't beat them, join them.

Have relatives in Kent who believe the numbers arriving are higher than reported.

Not really much they can do, just following orders. If you can't beat them, join them.

Have relatives in Kent who believe the numbers arriving are higher than reported.

I live there and I can tell you the county is struggling. Dover has been swamped, Whitstable, Sheerness, Herne Bay have seen hundreds of illegals come ashore in rubber boats. All social housing has been used up because the KCC council have to house them somewhere. Hotels are full, plus now the holiday season is upon us, the hotels have started to kick out the illegals so holiday makers can use the hotels. This has meant hundreds of illegals walking the streets, begging for money and just basically causing a nuisance.

Whilst us in Kent already knew before the rest of the country did, now the rest of the country knows due to the tabloids that KCC council can no longer take child refugees because the council no longer have the space, resources or money to take them in, something they warned the Home Office months ago hence why they are taking the Home Office to court.

It's a mess down here. Anyone thinking of moving to Kent...DONT.

I live there and I can tell you the county is struggling. Dover has been swamped, Whitstable, Sheerness, Herne Bay have seen hundreds of illegals come ashore in rubber boats. All social housing has been used up because the KCC council have to house them somewhere. Hotels are full, plus now the holiday season is upon us,

the hotels have started to kick out the illegals so holiday makers can use the hotels. This has meant hundreds of illegals walking the streets, begging for money and just basically causing a nuisance.