I'd rather focus on deporting the genuine hate preachers that live in our country. Whilst I don't agree with what Trump said, I think Piers is right that there is a sense of irony . God help America if he becomes president.
It is already illegal for Jihadists or anyone who has joined and fought for ISIS to return to the UK - they will be met on the border and arrested, and they have been. We've seemed to have believed into this weird myth that Jihadists are simply let in to Britain freely. They aren't - if we know they are Jihadists, we arrest them at the border.
People aren't going to sign a petition for a law that is already in place.
It is already illegal for Jihadists or anyone who has joined and fought for ISIS to return to the UK - they will be met on the border and arrested, and they have been. We've seemed to have believed into this weird myth that Jihadists are simply let in to Britain freely. They aren't - if we know they are Jihadists, we arrest them at the border.
People aren't going to sign a petition for a law that is already in place.
There have been cases where they made it back without interception - if Piers was going to call for something intelligent, rather than making typical tabloid journalist reflex statements designed to wind people up (his hallmark and something Americans were smart enough to see through, which is why his show got ditched), it would be for more spending on Britain's borders. Despite all the hullabaloo and politicking on this subject going back years, the fact remains that year after year, governments have squeezed border forces.
There have been cases where they made it back without interception - if Piers was going to call for something intelligent, rather than making typical tabloid journalist reflex statements designed to wind people up (his hallmark and something Americans were smart enough to see through, which is why his show got ditched), it would be for more spending on Britain's borders. Despite all the hullabaloo and politicking on this subject going back years, the fact remains that year after year, governments have squeezed border forces.
Indeed that has been, but that's because the border agency and immigration officials weren't aware they were Jihadists, not because there is no law in place to stop them entering.
I agree with you on that, the fact that the border agency has been cut is one of the reasons why Jihadist are getting in - we don't have the funds to resource (good) intelligence gathering and so the odd few manage to slip in.