Chris

Count me in then. I’m absolutely fizzing about stories of people going to Calais (where a UK visa centre is now supposed to be operating) only to be told they can get an appointment in Paris this time next week. There is clearly a massive cultural failing within the Home Office that is being allowed to run riot for a complete dearth of leadership from the very top. It’s an absolute disgrace. It’s also completely unnecessary - when Idi Amin ran riot in Nigeria we brought thousands of refugees straight to London and processed their paperwork afterwards. Precisely the same thing could be done now.

I really have no idea what is driving the Conservative Party any more. There is nothing in the legitimate political aim of restoring sovereign control over our borders that necessitates this indifferent-to-the-point-of-callous approach to the biggest refugee crisis of our generation.