Johnson and the Great Escape?

Let’s all stay nice shall we. It’s kind of what we do here isn’t it? Thanks!
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I see the problem is that the “Western World” doesn’t appreciate how good it’s got it. Relative wealth, prosperity, safety... whereas much of the rest of the planet isn’t faring so well. Hence there will always be millions of people trying to migrate to improve their lot. Who can blame them ultimately? Doesn’t matter what you call them; they are just people trying to improve their lot.

Did any of you also hear the clink of false teeth hitting china this morning as Daily Express land read WdB comment?

People in well off lands do not share.

I recall discussing self-drive cars with colleagues in Germany and how people would have the ability to car share more easily the commute to the office. The look on some faces you'd think I'd asked to sleep with their wife and daughter.

I don't think I'm distorting anything, though I think some of your earlier posts proposing solutions and then blaming media etc for their failure may do. Arriving without documentation is what happens when you've escaped your ravaged homeland. Those who fail to qualify for asylum, a process specifically designed to separate goats in fear ot persecution form economically migrating sheep, should be sent home though for various reasons it does not always happen. The process needs to be streamlined but with fairness and proper rights of appeal at the centre.

No decision by government of any significance whatsoever should be without a right to appeal. Basic Human Rights stuff.

As regards leaving women and children behind while young fit males go out and fight or scout is surely common in ALL human societies. Crossing the Sahara, then the Med and finally the channel, all clandestinely, is very risky. Even those who die in the Channel, probably the most surveilled open sea in the world may leave bodies that are never found; the Sahara (or the mountains of Afghanistan) are way more risky. The women folk may be better off keeping their heads down at home until Asylum for their men is granted and leave for a reunion is possible.

Also, of course, refugees and eco-migrants are not a binary issue; a Venn diagram would show some considerable overlap.

Looking forward to Mr Johnson's statement in the Commons today.

Nothing says contrition like turning up late for your apology.

I wonder how much of this is due to the contents of backbenchers’ inboxes since the sorry-I-got-caught performance on Tuesday. My emails carry no weight with our donkey — although they do consume his time, which is gratifying — but if the bungalows have been writing in too, perhaps he had his own little brown-trousers moment. Those with the thin majorities of the 2019 intake are thinking that two years may not be long enough to live this scandal down.