'Brexit is nothing to do with it David, Boris has always been first to get people out of troubled Countries that is what we voted for we are not anti-Immigrant that was created to distract and stop us voting for what we wanted,'Far be it from me to disagree with the erudite thoughts of another Boris apologist, however I do. Brexit has EVERYTHING to do with it.From today's 'i' - 'Britain has previously allowed extensive vis free travel - with Ireland, for instance, or for decades in the single market - which worked perfectly well without triggering major security issues. In the end it was left to Boris Johnson to admit why it was really happening. He would not allow a system, he said "without any checks or controls at all. That's the bit that gave the game away, "controls". It's the bridge that links what's happening now with what happened six years ago. He is Prime Minister today because of the Brexit referendum campaign based on the phrase "Take Back Control. It applies to European regulations, sure. But its main emotional heft came from the promise to end free movement. This remains the great altar of government policy, even now. They will never give up immigration controls - not even in a time-limited way during periods of humanitarian catastrophe. Not even in war'.
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