Chris Smith
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Could this legendary gentleman please get in touch. A future Reform government would like to give him a peerage for this outstanding public service. He can do similar to all the crooks currently sitting in the House of Lords!
He sounds British to me, Rachel! Good for him. This reaction explains why Reeves rarely leaves her bunker in Westminster.
**The numbers show hotel use has decreased somewhat (spending down, some closures), but small boat crossings remain high—around 41k in 2025 alone, with more arriving in 2026.** Those arrivals aren't vanishing. They're still entering the asylum system and being housed elsewhere: dispersal accommodation, ex-military sites/barracks, or other taxpayer-funded options while claims are processed (backlog is huge). Most people care about the uncontrolled inflows, the billions in costs, and lack of deterrence—not just which building they sleep in. Shifting from hotels to barracks doesn't fix the root problem.
🚨 Net migration has fallen to 171,000. But the underlying numbers tell the real story: 🇬🇧 British nationals: -136,000 🇪🇺 EU nationals: -42,000 🌍 Non-EU nationals: +349,000 So the “drop” in migration is largely being driven by more British and EU nationals leaving the
