The big domestic news story of today is that a judge ruled yesterday that a family of six from Gaza, because they have a relative in the United Kingdom, can use the Ukraine family scheme and can come to the United Kingdom.
And the judge, Hugo Norton Taylor, made it absolutely clear this is on the basis of article eight of our old friend, the European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR], the right to a family life.
Well, as you can imagine, immediately people say ‘well, hang on a second, If this can be done on the basis that someone’s got a relative here, there could be hundreds of thousands, millions, perhaps around the world in conflict zones, who would say, well, we want to come to the United Kingdom, too’.
I would also add that if significant numbers of people did come from Gaza, that would pose without doubt a serious security risk to our country.
Nigel Farage wants to know: Who is in charge in Britain?
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But that’s only part of the debate. The real debate here is who’s in charge, who makes the law?
Who decides immigration policy in this country? Is it Parliament and the government, Or is it judges using their own interpretations of the ECHR?
Keir Starmer said the Government is working to ensure the same thing does not happen again
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Well, the Prime Minister was asked a question about this today and this was his answer.
‘Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. I do not agree with the decision. She’s right. It’s the wrong decision. She hasn’t quite done her homework because the decision, the decision in question was taken under the last government, according to the legal framework for the last government.
‘But, Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. It should be Parliament that makes the rules on immigration. It should be the government that makes the policy. That is the principle. And the Home Secretary is already looking at the legal loophole which we need to close in this particular case.’
Well, yes, Prime Minister, I agree entirely.
It should be parliament and government that makes these decisions.
But is it is it is that what’s happening? Um, and I’ve got to ask you at home, who do you think is in charge?
Is it the judges or indeed, is it the government? It’s going to be very interesting to see how this case shakes down.