Following the announcement by the Home
Secretary that she had ‘surged’ the UK’s presence in Calais to deal with the
exodus of Ukrainians (when did ‘surge’ become a transitive verb?), the BBC went
in search of it, in the
wake of a family seeking help. They eventually found “…three men at a
trestle table in a deserted departure hall at the port, with bags of ready
salted crisps and Kit Kats”. The way in which government ministers lie so casually
and blatantly, even when they know that minimal research will expose those
lies, ought to be surprising. Ought to be, but isn’t – it’s become the new
normal. I guess they’re assuming that their supporters won’t care about the
lies, as long as foreigners are kept out. Sadly, they’re probably right. Worse
still, I have a depressing suspicion that the people to whom Patel, Johnson et
al are seeking to appeal will probably
be more outraged at the excessive generosity of the crisps and Kit Kats.
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