The rise of the reform shows that the work should be serious about migration

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There is one unavoidable message from this week’s elections in England. UK reform is now a real threat to the political system. Nigel Faraj has the most valuable commodity in politics – momentum.

There is always a risk of reading a lot in local elections, given the opportunity they provide to record a protest vote. But in our new five -party system, those who want to declare “plague in all their homes” can cast their voices for parties that may last.

Conservatives struggle to appear relevant. The Labor Party has lost a safe parliamentary seat for reform in Ronkorn and Hildby, and has a Farraj party breathing even in places such as Doncaster and North Tynside, where it won the illusion by Toys. The following general elections can produce a kind of Westminster coalition on the left, between the Labor Party, the liberal Democrats and the Greens. Or on the right – although the goal of Farage is to destroy conservatives.

There is a feeling that Britain is “broken”, that nothing is working and no one knows exactly what to do. It is amazing how the enthusiastic reformist voters declare their loyalty. This is the gesture of the rebellion.

There may be a ceiling for Farraj’s aspirations. He has a history of falling with people, and some The candidates may not surviveAnd his last warmth towards Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is not popular. But the prospects for reform are better than a handful of the current deputies that you may suggest. The first post -election will provide unexpected results in a triple battle or four directions. Moreover, it is not wise to reduce the British exit engineer from the European Union. Professor King’s College London Vernon Bogdanor said that the Farage UKIP party broke the “British policy template” in a way that SDP did not run in the 1980s.

It is completely possible to reduce the repair call. The Farage platform combines the lack of confidence in the elites and hostility to migration. Starmer should note that Britain’s exit from the European Union made the country poorer. It moved faster to reset the European Union’s relationship. It should stop being severe on this topic, and about treating immigration. Illegal immigration, in particular, poisoning our policies and confidence in institutions.

For half a century, both main parties promise more strict migration controls, and more deportations. Tony Blair first did so in 2001. None of the two parties was delivered. In recent days, the number of people reaching small boats has reached the highest new level in the early year. In the opposition, the Labor Party claimed that the boats were only at the forefront of opinion polls because the Conservative Party was raising the issue. In the government, they realize that these expatriates are a source of general despair.

In addition to a clear feeling that the country has lost its path is a series of legal appeals in which foreign criminals convicted avoided deportation by persuading the courts to make the amazing extensive interpretations of the right to family life stipulated in the European Convention on Human Rights. Britain is a tolerant country. But we have sinned in the balance between the public interest and the issue of individuals.

A set of ads is designed to clarify that the government takes this seriously. The Minister of Interior YVette Cooper reviews how the Echr courts are interpreting. The Minister of Justice told a parliamentary committee that some decisions taken regarding illegal immigrants and foreign criminals do not stand in front of the audit. A new law has promised to remove asylum rights from foreign nationals who are committing sexual crimes.

Are these moves more than a way to circumvent? It is not yet clear. But the motive for change is not only from the right. It has urged workers’ spreads to a comprehensive reform from the European Human Rights Convention. The former chief of judges, Omrta, broke the judicial by noting that there may be an issue to do so.

Other European countries take more muscle approach. Denmark, which was criticized by MEPS to close its borders to Syria in 2015, gradually reduced the number of residence permits issued to refugees, and has a strong focus on integration. Its Prime Minister says these policies are popular with the poorest voters on the left.

France, at the same time, has a long history of deporting illegal immigrants. In 2023, he even deported an alleged Islamic extremist to Uzbekistan, despite a judicial order from the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg. Since then, laws have been approved to facilitate the deportation of the foreign population if they received a criminal conviction or considered a serious threat to public order.

There is no international pariah. The British government must cause a common issue with them to reform the conference and the court. Immigration judges should be made about the balance between individual interests and the public, and a review of the way the United Kingdom included the European Union Law in the Human Rights Law. Digital ID cards would make it difficult for illegal immigrants to access public services.

None of this will move to reform, but move to the public’s place. With the most volatile voters, all parties must adapt to popular face.

“They are all similar,” is a familiar abstinence on the doorstep of the door and madness that works to do deputies who work hard. But after eight years of the British exit vote from the European Union, which made the country poorer, the ruling elites should take a hint: recover control or that another person will do so on your behalf.

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