and labour s bridget phillipson who ll be education secretary in less than a fortnight if the polls are right. 11 days to go, are you tired, exhausted, relieved it is nearly over? sonic regardless the sun has come out. i got to wear shorts the other day, small mercies in elections. but i like electioneering, so i don t mind. are you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? i’m you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? you hoping to get more votes with the shorts? . . ., the shorts? i m afraid i might have ut some the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some peeple the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the - the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the sun - the shorts? i m afraid i might have put some people off. the sun is i put some people off. the sun is shinin: put some people off. the sun is shining but put some people off. the sun is shining but nothing put so
crossings continued. 500 more people were brought to shore this weekend. every boat arriving puts more pressure on a prime minister who has made stopping them one of his top five priorities. labour says the people smugglers organising the journeys are running rings around the government and it accuses ministers of allowing the asylum backlog to get completely out of control. process cases, get decisions made as quickly as possible and then you can take action if people don t have a right to be in this country. and for those who do, you can make sure that they re allowed to get on and live the rest of their lives happily, but also action on these criminal gangs. the government says new legislation is beginning to have an impact on the exploitative business model of the smugglers. and it insists increased patrols on beaches in northern france alongside a new returns agreement with albania are delivering results. there are record numbers of people arriving in europe at the moment, but t
simonjones has the latest. despite yesterday s deaths in the channel off the coast of france, the crossings continued. 500 more people were brought to shore this weekend. every boat arriving puts more pressure on a prime minister who has made stopping them one of his top five priorities. labour says the people smugglers organising the journeys are running rings around the government, and it accuses ministers of allowing the asylum backlog to get completely out of control. process cases, get decisions made as quickly as possible, and then you can take action if people don t have a right to be in this country. and for those who do, you can make sure they are allowed to get on and live the rest of their lives happily. but also action on these criminal gangs. the government says it s vital to break the business model of the smugglers. it insists increased patrols on beaches in northern france and a new returns agreement with albania are delivering results. there are record numbers of peopl
500 more people were brought to shore this weekend. every boat arriving puts more pressure on a prime minister who has made stopping them one of his top five priorities. labour says the people smugglers organising the journeys are running rings around the government, and it accuses ministers of allowing the asylum backlog to get completely out of control. process cases, get decisions made as quickly as possible, and then you can take action if people don t have a right to be in this country. and for those who do, you can make sure they are allowed to get on and live the rest of their lives happily. but also action on these criminal gangs. the government says it s vital to break the business model of the smugglers. it insists increased patrols on beaches in northern france and a new returns agreement with albania are delivering results. there are record numbers of people arriving in europe at the moment. but the actual number is coming from france into the united kingdom have gone down.
unfortunately, this is going to happen sometime and we will have another one before long. all the time people are trying to cross the channel in these boats which are not designed for purpose. and things go wrong unfortunately. fitter designed for purpose. and things go wrong unfortunately. wrong unfortunately. after the initial shock wrong unfortunately. after the initial shock about wrong unfortunately. after the initial shock about the - wrong unfortunately. after the initial shock about the latest i wrong unfortunately. after the i initial shock about the latest loss of life at sea, focus is inevitably turned to what can do to prevent more tragedies. the government has made stopping the boats one of the top priorities, but so far, that has not stopped the desire of many to get to the uk. labour describe the approach as shambolic by the current government. they want focus on gains. it accuses ministers on allowing the asylum backlog to get out of control. out of control. they