Bob's Rant : No Gangs Smashed, Just Promises Broken

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Channel crossings have surpassed 25,000 this year while Labour's promise to smash people-smuggling gangs remains unfulfilled. Keir Starmer entered office promising control but has delivered what appears to be continuity of the previous government's border chaos.

• Over 25,000 people have crossed the Channel in 2025 with numbers accelerating
• Labour government appears paralysed on border control despite campaign promises
• Starmer's pledge to tackle people smuggling was central to Labour's border credibility
• No viable alternative presented after rejecting the Rwanda scheme
• Current policy neither humane nor effective as smugglers continue operating
• A functioning immigration system must balance being fair, lawful and firm
• Public trust is eroding as government fails to deliver promised border control

The time for strong words has passed. What's needed now is action.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Over 25,000 people have nowcrossed the Channel this year.

(00:21):
Yet Keir Starmer's flagshippromise to smash the gangs lies
in tatters.
The numbers are not just high,they're accelerating.
Indeed, the Labour governmentappears paralysed.
Starmer entered office promisingcontrol, order and a clear
break from the failures of thepast.
What we've seen instead iscontinuity with chaos, criminal

(00:44):
gangs operating with impunity,crossings undeterred and
rhetoric unsupported by results.
The pledge to tackle peoplesmuggling was not peripheral.
It was central to Labour'scredibility on borders and
national security.
That promise now appears hollow, with no serious deterrent in
place, no robust returnsagreements and no strategy to

(01:06):
stop the flow.
Starmer rejected the Rwandascheme without presenting a
viable alternative.
We were told Labour would beboth humane and effective, but
current policy is neither.
What's compassionate aboutallowing smugglers to control
Britain's border policy?
Let's be clear A functioningimmigration system must be fair,

(01:26):
lawful and firm.
Right now, britain has a systemthat rewards dangerous
crossings, undermines publicconfidence and endangers lives,
all under a government electedto restore control.
It's not the gangs who havebeen smashed, it's the public's
trust, and unless thisgovernment delivers real results
fast, it risks confirming thevery criticisms it levelled at

(01:50):
its predecessors.
Starmer promised competence.
The public now expects delivery.
Excuses won't suffice.
The time for strong words haspassed.
What's needed now is action.
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