The Prime Minister is dithering on his primary concern right now. The explosion of random travel movements in Europe has concerned political researchers since the 90’s, but in recent years the emergence of a large crime event across the English Channel has tested every emergency remit and is long overdue for its cancellation as a crisis.
The lack of its closure as a matter with Starmer has moved on to become a question of competence at the heart of Labour. With all modern technology involved, and the drafting in of human resources already employed, the end of a scene at Dover like this one can be guaranteed.
The issue is not merely one of law enforcement at the border, but the protection of communities up and down the country. The spontaneity of it that comes through news media videos is falsehood. This is a coordinated assault on our political senses as well as attack on the common will of the British people.
The Prime Minister has to galvanise his office, stop making new gestures to the electorate, and focus on the one issue in hand. In a short while his cabinet can then get on with laying out the policies it fights for as a social party of change. But sometimes the country has to come together.