Bev Turner
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They now are creeping towards the House of Commons.
And on the other side, you've got reform members, voters, councillors trying to stop them.
fascinating times in the UK, John.
But at the moment, people who are celebrating are the Farage fans.
There are those people who want to get a sense of national identity to work out who we are as a country, who we want to be.
Can we keep our businesses open, which are closing at record rates?
Can we return law and order?
You know, can we put schools back in a place where the kids aren't just being taught about
pronouns, et cetera, all the time.
You know, it very much feels like we are following in the footsteps of what America did with electing President Trump.
As you know, the issue of illegal migration in Europe has reached a kind of boiling point.
It has been partly political, partly ethical, moral, partly human rights issues, which means that subsequent EU leaders have rejected the idea of processing illegal migrants offshore.
But we've hit that wall now, John, and it was voted in the EU, 389 to 206 votes.
So it got through pretty easily.
They will now be taking illegal migrants from France, Spain, Italy, Germany, not yet the UK, of course, and they'll be processing them offshore.
And it's interesting that you make the comparison with President Trump, because I think there has been a sense of inspiration there.
that you've looked across.
We are here in the EU.
I'm actually at home in London today.
I normally talk to you from DC, but here in Europe, we're looking across at America now and deciding that we can't wait any longer.