Downing Street has admitted for the first time that the small boat situation in the Channel is “deteriorating.” Can only blame the French and the weather for so long…

A readout of Starmer’s meeting with Macron hours ago says the pair “looked ahead to the upcoming UK-France Summit in July and agreed that their teams should pursue high-ambition outcomes that deliver for the British and French people.“

”Migration should be a key focus given the deteriorating situation in the Channel, they confirmed – adding that they should continue to work closely with other partners to find innovative ways to drive forward progress.”

When Labour entered government it was very keen to tell journalists not to expect small boat crossings to go down immediately. It’s coming up to a year now and they are still going up…

The government can still not name a single gang it has “smashed.” Despite chucking hundreds of millions at the French their police are unwilling to wade into the Channel to stop small boats as they arrive to pick up crossers – they are actually getting worse. It’s not like that issue wasn’t known about before…

More than 15,000 have crossed the Channel so far this year. Dire strait…