Have we got it yet, No. 10 up north? The prime minister has been in office for a week, and some of the most important issues are being disregarded.

It’s been a week of cuts to help the public and businesses, but they seem more like Micky Mouse gimmicks.

The country cried out to Keir Starmer to do something about the illegal boats and illegal immigration, but he did nothing. He said smashing the gangs was the idea, but it did nothing.

Keir threw money at the French to help, but that failed. During Starmer’s reign in 2025, 46,000 illegal immigrants entered the UK, which was approximately 41,000 coming by boats from France, as reported by the Home Office.

We had an ex-Prime Minister who would never engage with the problem of illegal immigration at hand. But have we started with a new PM that’s ignoring this major problem?

It appears last week Andy Burnham was looking to get brownie points for his new policies and to win the public over. It’s good to note that in the last 4 days another 800+ people have arrived by dinghies from France, and Andy thinks we are going to forget for a few weak ideas.

The latest problem is that illegal immigrants are now crossing on mega dinghies which can now hold up to 165 passengers.

This week will be a telling point if the new PM is going to raise this subject of immigration and asylum.

1 week into power, and one of the major problems is ignored. He is wasting time and money making a No 10 in Manchester rather than leaving the norm of Downing Street.

Illegal immigration is causing mayhem. We have serious crimes being committed, strains on our NHS and benefits system.

Have we just hired another weak PM who won’t address everything that the country needs?

Sadly, it may seem we have swapped a weak PM for a Prime Minister who’s no different at all.

The seven days from the 15th of June to the 21st of June have seen a rise in illegal crossings. There have been 1,912 illegal crossings between these dates, adding further strain on the UK and its economy.

The weather is driving illegal immigration as the UK is also set to have good weather for a while. As long as it’s safe to send a dinghy, they send them.

The 15th of June saw 11 dinghies bring 710 immigrants, like an invasion in war taking the beaches.

 Below is a table of the week;

But again, the UK spends money trying to stop the boats and gets us nowhere. The government talks about net migration coming down, but NOT illegal immigration.

The other thing the government talks about is that they are getting asylum hotels down and cleared out, but we cannot get rid of the illegals, so where are they going?

Let’s see where the summer gets us and how many people land at Dover.

Who knows us better than us? There can be nothing worse than someone who does not know us saying they do, especially in politics.

One of the worst culprits are politicians. On TV and in the papers, they waffle on, saying they know what the British public wants, but they are out of touch or just make it up.

The public always has ways of showing its displeasure. By-elections and local elections are the usual way of showing a government how they are feeling in politics.

But still the politicians take no notice. They know what we want, not us. Keir Starmer is a culprit of this. He knows what the public wants all the time.

Things on the public’s mind are the cost of living and illegal immigration. We can see our shopping increasing with fuel prices rising every day.

Every time we get our weekly shop, it seems we pay more. Inflation from last year has increased, and people are struggling to make ends meet.

The pressures of paying gas, electricity and other utility bills are zapping the public’s wages before buying food. The pressure on OAPs and low-income families is becoming intolerable.

Illegal immigration is also a top subject on many people’s minds. All these illegal immigrants coming in mostly by boat and lorry, too, have become a major talking point.

Labour talks about immigration but fails to address illegal immigration.  Sometimes, 1000 people arrive illegally on our shores looking for asylum weekly by dinghy.

For communities that have these immigrants living with them in the community, they worry for many reasons, especially their children.

But if we need any other indicators, Reform is looking good in the polls with their immigration policies.

Reform doesn’t even talk about their other policies, except immigration, only on occasion. Is this not a plain indicator of what the people want?  

 So does the government know what the public wants? They don’t understand basic constructs. We can see the evidence in the public liking of Reform.

Reform took the local elections by storm. Ok, it could be a protest vote against Labour. But in the polls, Reform is consistently the frontrunner and has been for some time.

At the end of the day, each political party is out for what it can get. All full of promises and manifestos that they break.

There is no solution, but all we can do is Vote and hope.