While her rhetoric was encouraging, it’s hard to see Braverman’s hard talk on immigration as much more than a leadership challenge to a beleaguered Sunak.
Starmer claims that “smashing” criminal gangs sneaking people across the Channel should be treated “on a par” with terrorism. However, it’s hard to avoid the suspicion that the violence of his rhetoric is directly proportionate to his lack of sincerity.
The harsh reality of the matter is that the Notting Hill Carnival should be disbanded entirely. Or it should be marketed for what it truly is: a criminal free-for-all that law-abiding citizens should be protected from.
Everything about this case stinks, and if the officers involved are not sacked alongside serious consequences higher up the police food chain, this will be a missed opportunity to get the force back on track.
The most basic inspection of the facts leads one to the conclusion that every cog in the immigration wheel is either milking the system, or at the very least working against the interests of the British people.
If Anjem Choudary is convicted of terror charges, anything other than a life sentence will be risible. It’s high time our government got serious on the issue of radical Islam.
One cannot dodge the conclusion that the Labour Party is happy to gloss over serious allegations of misconduct, in order to use the Muslim voting block to gain power.
