Starmer's Immigration Promise: A Hollow Threat to Deport Foreign Criminals

The UK government's border control crisis has been a topic of contention for years, with multiple prime ministers promising to tackle the issue but ultimately doing little to address it. Sir Keir Starmer, the current leader of the opposition, has now jumped into the fray, vowing to deport foreign criminals as soon as possible. However, critics argue that this promise is nothing more than an empty threat, with shyster lawyers and activist immigration tribunals continuing to subvert the system.

Key Takeaways:

• The 2007 Borders Act requires foreign nationals who are sentenced to 12 months or more to be served with a deportation order without serving a day in jail. However, in reality, foreign criminals are often allowed to stay in the UK due to human rights claims and activist tribunals.
• Starmer's promise to deport foreign criminals "at the earliest opportunity" is aget-out clause that will allow shyster lawyers to continue exploiting the system.
• Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) may not be enough to permit mass deportations, as numerous other international treaties and domestic legislation can be cited by judges to block removal orders.
• The UK needs to withdraw from the parts of the ECHR that are being used to block removal orders, as well as other international treaties such as the Refugee Convention and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Domestic legislation such as the Human Rights Act and the Equality Act also needs to be reformed to allow for more effective deportation procedures.
• Partisan judges and activist immigration tribunals remain a major obstacle to effective border control, and reforming these institutions will be necessary to tackle the issue.

Statistics:

• Since Starmer became PM, over 50,000 illegal immigrants have forced their way across the Channel and broken into Britain (Source: Unnamed news source).
• The Border Force brings migrants across the Channel, Home Office officials fail to remove illegals, and judges overturn deportation orders on ludicrous grounds (Source: Unnamed news source).
• The UK has been a signatory to the ECHR since 1998 (Source: Government of the United Kingdom).

Sources:

• Unnamed news source (referring to the Channel crossings statistic)
• Government of the United Kingdom (referring to the ECHR)
• Institute for Free Trade (Lord Hannan's affiliation and LinkedIn profile)