Is this what taking back control looks like?

Randy McNob said:

You also have to buy into the narrative that all foreigners are would be rapists, drug dealers or terrorists

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Jim in the West said:

I'm not quite sure which truth I was distorting - just asking a genuine question - am I now safer as a result? Crime-solving rates seem to be at a record low. Perhaps - rather than trying to point to potential EU criminals we should be focussing on catching Brits!! [ps: I know that's not the point you're making, but the rhetoric of Brexit is often to find easy targets to blame (ie, nasty Europeans), whilst by far the biggest problem is our own failure to deal with the fundamental issue].

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Randy McNob said:

You also have to buy into the narrative that all foreigners are would be rapists, drug dealers or terrorists

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Jim in the West said:

I think you're twisting my words somewhat - I was simply pointing out that (had we remained in the EU) we could have done our own thing with vaccines. It reminds me of the Leave campaign - being asked to give examples of what they wanted more control over, and coming up with examples where we already had complete control!

And I was also not seeking to decry our vaccination roll-out, simply to point out that most European countries have just about caught us up - and (it seems) will soon overtake us.

The ability to stop known criminals entering the UK is, of course, a positive. I'm not sure how much safer I am as a result,, though - as we have decided not to take part in the EU Arrest Warrant scheme, and various EU countries no longer extradite criminals to the UK. Another unfortunate example of our desire to do everything ourselves and avoid co-operation with the EU. Still, I'm sure it keeps the Daily Mail readers happy!

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