How to de-politicize appointments? Or make them less partisan, he may mean. Would giving Parliament a much stronger voice here be part of the answer?

So quick the shimmy from

- you can't say the truth, it'll frighten the median voter

to

- why does everyone believe the lies that are being told these days?

ofc there is the fantasy of returning the irregularly arriving refugees "when their home countries become safe again"

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Thanks Dan. It does seem that the Danish approach is substantially more restrictive than the current UK approach. I also think the Govt must realise it's on a collision course with reality when it keeps labelling Channel crossers as illegal. Perhaps limiting their status will be the face saver.

>> extended further than Denmark's in scoping *some* groups fleeing a war zone as effectively meeting the 1951 refugee definition (well founded fear etc) but I don't know.

Agree with your analysis in this thread. But also, if you look closely, I'm not sure - you may well have clearer view - that the Danish temporary for war escapees vs status for fleeing state persecution is very different from what we have now (eg for Ukrainians). It may be that our case law has >>

Incidentally it's not clear to me who the Danish temporary protection measure actually applies to. If it's as the BBC report seems to indicate, I'm not sure it's much different from what we have here: fleeing war zones=temporary vs facing persecution=refugee status. Can experts on here elucidate?

Totally with you. On top of all that, it won't even achieve what (ostensibly) it is meant to achieve, that is, deterring irregular arrivals. Nor will it even manage its even more degraded aim of appealing to Reform-curious voters, partly because they're mostly smart enough to see it won't work.

This may well turn out to be the case with the prison releases problem as well. Maybe it's not the trawling through paper files, which bureaucrats of my generation used to do in their sleep? What if it's the process not the platform? Always fix process before changing platforms.

One in eight Green supporters favour return of the stocks!? Is this to do with carbon emissions?