So, Charles Clarke wants to make the rules on deporting prisoners tougher. How much tougher exactly? Turns out, all he's saying is that if a foreigner commits a crime, we should presume he should go. My mate may be being stupid, but what's wrong with the idea of letting the judges decide whether or not they think someone should be deported. And here's a crazy idea: how about someone from Immigration actually considers the case on its merits?
Actually, once you start on crazy ideas, they just keep coming: how about someone from Immigration actually turns up and bothers to do something? Maybe if they fixed that, we wouldn't have this problem. My mate hates stuff like this, the problem isn't foreigners, the problem is incompetence. Of course, Charles and Tony don't want to talk about that, because a conversation about competence isn't what they want to have right now.
Let's not forget, we're not actually talking about immigration right now. This isn't about jobs or benefit cheats. We're talking about getting rid of people that a judge, in full possession of the facts of the case, said was an undesireable we don't want on our shores. If these people had been even considered for deportation, there wouldn't even be a story. It's a joke, but not one that many people are going to find very funny.
