Those directing their moral outrage at Amber Rudd have the wrong target.
If we prioritise rescuing children from the incompetence of EU governments, that means children can be rescued from the slaughter of the Middle East.
Most of the latter are used to trying to stop rebellions, not start them.
We publish the letter referenced by Ed Vaizey in this afternoon’s debate.
Also: Rudd and Mundell rule out Scottish exceptions on single market and immigration; Welsh Labour team up with Plaid to fight for status quo; and more.
And the physicist who reported the Home Secretary for ‘hate crime’, for wanting more British apprenticeships? He’s a fat idiot, yes. But mostly he’s a bully.
The Prime Minister’s idea of professionalism is to be resolutely unsensational.
She walks it with over half the vote.
Under-trained asylum caseworkers are rejecting clinical evidence, leading to misery for genuine applicants and expensive court defeats.
New evidence suggests the official figure for the number of overstaying international students is wildly exaggerated.
May’s team have got off to a good start, but as they take stock after conference some early challenges are clearly taking shape.
There is more to do, but the Home Secretary has a track record of seizing an opportunity to do the right thing.