Boat illegals up under Labour.

[Mottie]

It’s not though.

14 years of Tories caused most danage

The Tories showed signs of success in reducing the 2022 figures in 2023. They then went up in 2024 when Labour got in. When do you think labour will show signs of success on the 2024 figures? 2025? 2026? 2027? Any idea what Kier has done to date?

 

[Brigadier]

The Tories showed signs of success in reducing the 2022 figures in 2023.

Really?

Channel migrants: Crossings fell in 2023, government figures show

Government figures show 29,437 people crossed the Channel in 2023, down 36% on 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

However, the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents border staff, said the decrease in small boat arrivals in 2023 was likely a "glitch", with "higher numbers" expected in 2024.
Lucy Moreton from the ISU told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The planning assumption for 2024 is that 2023 has been unusually low. There have been other confounding factors — we have had particularly high winds, we have had a larger number of days where it is less likely that we are going to get migrants in boats.
"But we have also had much larger boats, much more seaworthy boats, so the planning assumption is that this is a glitch.
"Border Force needs to continue to resource itself - and the country needs to continue to resource itself - to deal with higher numbers."


Speaking on BBC Radio 4's World At One, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage criticised "boasts" that Home Secretary James Cleverly made that no migrants had crossed the Channel over the festive period for the first time since 2018.
"It's because we've had persistent gales and wind of up to 50mph, even cross-Channel ferries were delayed", Mr Farage said.



Let's be honest: the Tories did little other than run the country into the ground - often while lining their chums' pockets - for a good chunk of their tenure.
So to try to have anyone believe that they were making any headway on this would require a stretching of one's credulity.

 

[denso13]

Give us an indication of the time frame

But I don't have a timeframe. You don't get to tell me how I should think.

I'll make my mind up in good time, and if they aren't performing I'll criticise them as well as others.

What is the Brexit timeline to success, 50 years isn't it?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

But I don't have a timeframe. You don't get to tell me how I should think.

I'll make my mind up in good time, and if they aren't performing I'll criticise them as well as others.

However, you must have some sort of acceptable timeframe in mind?

 

[denso13]

However, you must have some sort of acceptable timeframe in mind?

I'd like to see some initiatives by the next election.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

However, you must have some sort of acceptable timeframe in mind?

By the time the next elcetion comes around, which is the 1st chance I will have to make my opinion recognised, would be my time frame.

You have decided already? What if (and it is currently still if) the figures change drastically?

 

[Mottie]

But I don't have a timeframe. You don't get to tell me how I should think.

I'll make my mind up in good time,

Funny that. No one who supports labour will stick their neck out and give actual times. Just in your "good time"

 

[Mottie]

However, the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents border staff, said the decrease in small boat arrivals in 2023 was likely a "glitch", with "higher numbers" expected in 2024.

Yeah, I heard they were expecting shìt to happen if Labour got in as expected.

 

[denso13]

Funny that. No one who supports labour will stick their neck out and give actual times.

Oops,

I'd like to see some initiatives by the next election.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I'd like to see some initiatives by the next election.

Only 'initiatives', I would like to see the problem long since comprehensively solved by the next election.

 

[denso13]

I would like to see the problem long since comprehensively solved by the next election.

No chance, it is a worldwide problem that will take a long time to be "comprehensively solved".

I would like to see what is put in place by the next election to work towards that though.

 

[motorbiking]

Let me guess we should all vote Labour at the next GE just to give them a fair chance?

 

[Mottie]

By the time the next elcetion comes around, which is the 1st chance I will have to make my opinion recognised, would be my time frame.

4 or 5 years to see what they've come up with for something they said would be starting on day one?

 

[denso13]

they said would be starting on day one?

They did start it.

 

[Mottie]

They did start it.

How far have they got with it - all I can see that they’ve done so far is increased the numbers!