Non starter
OF the many desperate acts born of repeated Government failure to stop the small boats, paying France to help has to be among the most costly and pointless.
Since 2018, across various agreements, Britain has handed the French more than £700million.
Paying France to help stop the small boats has been costly and pointlessCredit: PA
They were expected to intercept boats, crack down on migrant camps and use intelligence to the coast properly.
What we actually got in return was one giant Gallic shrug.
More than 160,000 illegal migrants have crossed the Channel in that time.
The people-smugglers have continued to operate largely uninterrupted.
as tens of thousands of migrants every year catch buses to meet water-taxis sailing down the same French canals to the coastline.
Our current three-year agreement, signed by the Conservatives, runs out next month.
Under no circumstances should Labour even think about signing any new “deal”.
It would be far better instead to focus on ending the incentives for migrants to come here in the first place.
That means an end to spending billions of pounds to hand them free accommodation and healthcare.
Home Secretary admitted last year that Britain is too generous.
What have ministers done about it since?
Don’t EU dare
LABOUR’S obsession with shackling Britain to the sclerotic EU will cost us dear.
It won’t just put in jeopardy the trade deals with and the US allowed by .
As trade guru Shanker Singham says, it will put Brussels back in charge of Britain’s rulebook and clobber the economy by £15billion.
He also points out that the EU is one of the most anti-competitive regulatory systems in the world, leading to economic stagnation across the bloc.
So why, when our country is desperate for growth, would the Government be so keen to align with those regulations?
Brits voted to free themselves from the dead hand of European rule.
They won’t forgive Labour if it gives back control to faceless Eurocrats.
Bridget moans
What Loony Left planet is Education Secretary living on?
Every policy she has put forward — from slapping VAT on private to trying to defund schools in wealthier areas — has been motivated by class war, and guaranteed to drive down standards.
Now she says boys should be allowed to wear skirts and dresses to class.
Shouldn’t children and be concentrating on some actual learning without this kind of mad distraction?
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