@JonathanBrash@EleanorQueenie I would be grateful if you could point me to the data showing that. The latest I can find is the HO website ("illegal entry route summary tables"), which states there were 39,271 arrivals (623 boats) in 2025-26 vs 38,023 arrivals (on 700 boats) in 2024-25
https://t.co/gAeJrYT5f2
@JonathanBrash@EleanorQueenie I would be grateful if you could point me to the data showing that. The latest I can find is the HO website ("illegal entry route summary tables"), which states there were 39,271 arrivals (623 boats) in 2025-26 vs 38,023 arrivals (on 700 boats) in 2024-25
https://t.co/gAeJrYT5f2
Mr Both Douk Deng (pictured, right) broke into Britain illegally & was given housing.
He was caught trying to break into a primary school, armed with a hammer, a hatchet, a knife, and a can of petrol.
He doesn’t speak English & left a wife & child in Sudan.
We must be mad.
Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane in a recent interview was asked about Lionel Messi’s legacy, particularly the 2022 World Cup.
“It’s a shame to call Messi a World Cup winner. No one wins a World Cup by cheating. I saw how the officials treated France badly in the final for example, Messi’s goal, his hand was offside but it was awarded as a goal. His Ballon d’Ors are mostly manipulated by FIFA officials, we all know that.”
Zidane was speaking from a place of deep passion for the game’s integrity, drawing on his own experiences of high-stakes matches where marginal calls can define careers.
There is no clearer image of British politics than this: the camera shows you the man, the wider frame shows you the machine.
In Orwell’s Britain, the lie was printed. In ours, it is lit, framed and carefully edited.