This brings us back to legal fetishism and the importance of grasping regime politics and how it informs judicial thinking. Judges do not simply make and apply rules ‘neutrally’. As I said earlier, judges are representatives of a regime and protect its interests. And at the heart of our regime is faith in, essentially, open borders – mass immigration is one of its central principles and tenets.
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Samizdata quote of the day – Leaving the ECHR will not save usSeptember 2nd, 2026 |
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Except it isn’t exactly “open borders” is it? You have skills and apply for a good job then you can feck off. You’re illiterate and brown and mumble to Mecca then you’re in. Extra points if you’re a rapist. It is only open borders to the merest scum of the earth with an inflatable boat. Of course, if, at any point, you display a knowledge or interest (or heavens forfend! An actual liking of Britain) you are doomed.
Of course I shall be deemed racist for this. I am not. Many years ago I came close to moving to the USA. Yeah, it was because of a girl but I also really liked the place and the people and being in love was not quite enough to seriously consider the move. I felt it was a culture I could “get into” and wanted to “get into”.
Paul Marks regards many of these immigrants as “hostile”. I dunno. Some of the small boat folks are. Some are probably genuine*. A lot seem just indifferent. There is no genuine cultural enrichment. They form ghettoes – little islands of Mogadishu or (the rough end) of Pakistan.
And I do mean the “rough end”. What is frequently missed about the “grooming gangs” is that it is Mafia (Pakia?) style extended families.
*I thought the UN had a rule that a refugee had to stick at the first safe port or something. Doesn’t France count?
Agreed, leaving the EHCR alone will not save us. But it would be a good first step towards reviving good governance.
There is a risk that politicians would announce that the ‘job has been done’ if we leave the EHCR – and that would be just slightly less smoke and mirrors. Remove the Supreme Court, defund the BBC, and bounce illegal immigrants back as soon as they land, and we will be making good progress.