Alex Balfour
@adbalfour
Independent Financier. Grew up on Continent. Know its deep flaws. Exasperated by naive Brits who think it’s maaahvellous & EU has Britain’s interests at heart
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15-09-2009 13:20:32
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(((Dan Hodges))) There is a fix, but it will lead to a lot of establishment and international blowback. Needs a law stating that nobody arriving illegally gets to stay, standard offshore processing in a UK overseas territory, withdrawal from ECHR (as May once suggested). All difficult but doable.
Congrats to Rishi Sunak on becoming the UK's first ethnic minority PM for well over 150 years, a real watershed moment for modern Britain which will set an example for the rest of the democratic world. Good luck over the coming weeks and years, we all need you to succeed.
Hector in the sky without diamonds Alex Balfour It’s not undemocatic, it’s just different. FPTP recognises the vast difference between parts of the country. That people in northern Scotland have different needs to those in Kent. FPTP ensures those in more remote places have a fairer say in how the country works.