Lately, there have been some really confusing and frustrating cases in the UK when it comes to immigration and the law. For example, a man from Pakistan who was involved in crimes against children was allowed to stay in the country because his children would miss him if he were deported.
Then there was a criminal from Albania who avoided being sent back to his home country because his son didn’t like the taste of chicken nuggets abroad. And a family of six from Palestine was allowed to come to the UK under a program meant to help Ukrainians, even though they aren’t Ukrainian at all.
There’s also the case of a woman from Nigeria who tried to get asylum eight times and was rejected every time. But after she joined a terrorist group—probably because a lawyer told her it would help her case—she was finally allowed to stay. And a criminal from Portugal couldn’t be deported because his child needed speech therapy. It makes you wonder: don’t they have speech therapists in Portugal?
All of this seems ridiculous and shows that the system is completely broken. It feels like anyone who wants to stay in the UK can find a way to do it, no matter how unreasonable their reasons might be. The government has lost control of immigration, and some judges and lawyers are twisting the rules to suit their own agendas. They’re using laws like the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in ways that were never intended. These laws were created after World War II to protect people from governments that might abuse their power, not to help criminals or people who don’t like foreign food.
But now, with a weak government, an Attorney General who refuses to challenge these rulings, and lawyers who are more interested in making money than doing what’s right, the situation is a complete mess. Judges and lawyers are making decisions about who can stay in the country, even though they weren’t elected to do so. It’s not their job to set immigration policy, but they’re doing it anyway, and it’s causing a lot of problems.
For example, this week, a judge named Hugo Norton Taylor decided to let a Palestinian family come to the UK under a program meant for Ukrainians. He ignored the fact that they weren’t Ukrainian and basically made up his own rules. He even said that the “public interest” didn’t matter in his decision, which shows how little he cares about what the people of the UK actually want. This kind of behavior is dangerous because judges like him aren’t elected. We can vote out politicians if we don’t like what they’re doing, but we can’t do anything about judges or lawyers who push their own agendas.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to bring refugees from Gaza to the UK. We’re already struggling to handle the number of people coming here, and we don’t have a way to check if these refugees might be a risk. Many of them still support Hamas, a group that has committed terrible acts of violence. Countries like Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia have refused to take in Palestinians, so why should we? But a British judge seems to think it’s fine to invite them here.
By 2032, the UK’s population is expected to grow to 72.5 million, and most of that growth will be because of immigration. Our roads, schools, hospitals, and other services are already under pressure, and this will only make things worse. It’s going to cause big problems for our economy and for how well people get along with each other.
Judges and lawyers who ignore these issues are putting our safety and our country at risk. They need to stop interfering in politics and policy-making. It’s not their job to decide who gets to stay in the UK, and they’re making things worse by acting like they know better than everyone else.
On a lighter note, there was a photo of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the Invictus Games that made me laugh. Meghan was resting her head on Harry’s shoulder, looking all romantic and dreamy. But come on—they’ve been together for seven years, have two kids, and have been through so many scandals. It felt like she was trying too hard to act like a lovesick newlywed. She might need to work on her acting skills a bit more.
And then there’s Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, who seems to specialize in making mistakes. He recently replaced a health minister named Andrew Gwynne, who got into trouble for saying he hoped a pensioner who complained about her trash collection would die before the next election. Starmer replaced him with Ashley Dalton, who once said people should be allowed to identify as llamas if they want to and should be treated with respect. It’s a strange choice, especially when you consider how many people in her own party seem to be pretending to be something they’re not.
All of this just goes to show how messy things have become. From immigration to politics to the royal family, it feels like common sense has gone out the window.
