Re: Border Control
Morning Swimmy, interesting article indeed. I won’t even make an excuse about knowing much about the in’s and out’s of security of our borders. I can only see it as I do as a British citizen looking on.
I will say though, Isn’t it always the way. From day one after we voted to leave, the Home Office should have been walking into their offices the next day, determined to start on the vitally important forward planning that would be needed to prepare and fix our ridiculous porous borders. We the public could plainly see what was wrong, but it’s not us that determines, is it?
Let’s start with who was in office at the time - We had Theresa May as Home Sec during Cameron’s reign, then Rudd as Home Sec during Theresa May’s reign.plus a Civil Service run by Jeremy Heywood who was ordered not to assist the leave camp during the Referendum campaign. We even had Javid, a so-called ‘reformed former ‘Remainer in charge of dealing with this huge problem. What does that tell you? ’
With these Remain snakes in the grass, Boris didn’t have much of a legacy handed to him in the first place. He certainly wasn’t handed a far advanced plan of action for the complete protection and security of our borders, was he? Yet he seems to get all the flack and ridicule because of the lack of action needed now. He has had years of the opposition and the establishment doing all in their power to put every obstacle in his way.
Now, we have Priti Patel in charge. At least she is someone who doesn’t take any crap from those who want to see the UK fall on our faces. The opportunity to cause as much mischief as possible by the French (and being paid by us at the same time) doesn’t help either. It’s all grist to the mill when it comes to the blame game with the present PM.
When it comes to the boat people problem, whether they are referred to as asylum seekers, refugees, ‘illegals or with the majority, simply queue jumpers, It is a constant uphill battle, and Priti is often seen by the remain supporting media delighting in accusing her of talking the talk and not walking the walk, which I think is grossly unfair.
However, I sometimes wonder, after years of the motley crew being in charge of preparations for the protection and security of our borders, whether it should even be under the remit of the Home Office. I personally feel that the security of our borders is as important now as it was with preparations made at the beginning of WW2!! We are on our own now, so if ever there was a time needed when every single security professional body in the land (barring Group 4!!) should have been called in for advice and action, this was and no doubt still is, the time. But hey ho, everything is as it normally is. Chaos!