PM not capable of heroism needed to fix Channel crisis

TV channel GB News reported last Wednesday that a staggering 820 migrants had crossed the English Channel — the highest number so far this year in a single day.

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That took the total who have traversed the sea in small boats to get here since the start of 2025 to well over 13,000.

But is anyone surprised?

Labour has singularly failed to tackle this growing problem almost a year since it scrapped the Conservatives' Rwanda scheme to have those arriving by small boats processed in the East African nation. Keir Starmer branded the plan a "gimmick", but such a deterrent would have worked, as similar schemes have been successful for countries like Australia and Italy.

Those trying to enter those countries illegally are processed or detained "offshore" in another country. You do not need to be the sharpest tool in the box to see that such an outcome would deter significant numbers from taking a chance at gaining entry into the UK by crossing choppy seas.

Instead, Starmer chose to play politics, as opposed to putting the people of this country first and dumped the plan which had already cost the British taxpayer many millions of pounds.

If he had continued with it, we would not be seeing these record-breaking numbers.

He is now playing catch-up and desperately scratching around for similar solutions to try and curb this ever-rising form of illegal migration.