When push comes to shove, what will matter will be whether or not the arrivals stop – or at least that the voters believe that the Prime Minister really wants to halt them and is sparing no effort.
You should not have to risk your life in a small boat. You should be able to apply at a British embassy and arrive on a plane.
Here are six recent examples of how the Prime Minister has been mugged by reality.
The hunt will go on – for the logic behind the Home Office’s quest for a nation to host our facilities is sound.
Future deals will be important but they should be viewed as a means to an end rather than an end in of themselves
During the years when the West sought to draw Iran back into the comity of nations, the ayatollahs backed terrorist bombs, cyberattacks, and drone shootings.
The “extraordinary international response by our allies” amounts to “the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers ever”, Johnson says.
Is it truly necessary to keep reciting these arguments? Sadly, yes – in each generation some people are drawn to brutal ideologies.
We will now see the creation of the first task force on modern slavery. Here are further ways for the task force to make progress.
Crucially, voting to stay does not mean voting to keep the status quo.
Both sides in this campaign are pandering to our least rational, most visceral emotions.
The core question for many British voters is a simple one: do they really trust the EU to play its part in controlling migration across the continent effectively?
“For Britain, voting to leave will be a galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal.”
“The Brits would be happier outside. But we don’t want them to leave.”
The High Court’s judgement earlier this week marks a major step forward in our plans and we are focused on moving ahead with the policy as soon as possible.