The news that a dangerous Palestinian militant who arrived here on a migrant boat last week has been arrested is certainly a relief.
But the fact he wasn’t placed in custody immediately on landing remains a source of deep concern.
Even worse, he will now almost certainly join the list of undesirables that our increasingly dysfunctional immigration courts will not allow us to deport.
Abu Wadee has made no secret of his belligerent anti-Semitism. He belonged to an armed group that calls for the slaughter of all Jews, and on social media, he says his ‘loftiest aspiration’ is to die for Allah.
He has no right to be here, having entered illegally from a safe country, yet we’re stuck with him because he can’t be sent back to either France or Gaza.
If further proof were needed that the Human Rights Act is no longer fit for purpose, this is it.
A complete overhaul of this outdated legislation is long overdue.
With astonishing complacency, the Home Office says: ‘The British public can be reassured that we take all steps necessary at all times to protect the nation’s security.’
Abu Wadee, who is believed to be in his 30s, was held by Immigration Enforcement officers on suspicion of entering the UK illegally
Abu Wadee (pictured) belonged to an armed group that calls for the slaughter of all Jews
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured) backed the move to grant police permission to enter properties without a warrant if stolen gadgets are inside
Is this some kind of sick joke, or just a staggering lack of awareness? In case our clueless Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is under any illusion, the British public is far from reassured (hence the rise of Reform UK), all necessary steps are obviously not being taken, and national security is being seriously compromised on a daily basis.
If it weren’t for The Mail on Sunday pointing out his antecedents, the Home Office would have no idea who Wadee is or the danger he poses.
And how many more militants are coming in on the boats? We have absolutely no idea.Contrary to its pre-election blather, Labour clearly has no plan to control migration.
Until it does, and appalling bigots like Wadee can be permanently excluded from this country, the public will never feel truly safe.
High-flying Hoyle
Sir Lindsay Hoyle has travelled a long way from his modest beginnings in the small Lancashire mining and mill town of Adlington. A very long way.
And much of it at public expense. The Mail’s continuing revelations about the Commons Speaker’s taste for the globetrotting good life belie his image as a homespun everyman figure.
Since 2022, he has charged the taxpayer £250,000 for his foreign jaunts, on which he was often accompanied by his wife and up to four staff.
He spent a further £38,000 on first-class rail travel and on one trip to California splashed out £3,000 on a chauffeur-driven car. Nice work if you can get it!
Since 2022 Sir Lindsay Hoyle (pictured) has charged the taxpayer £250,000 for his foreign jaunts, on which he was often accompanied by his wife
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle (pictured) spent a further £38,000 on first-class rail travel
While still insisting that all these trips were legitimate and within parliamentary rules, Sir Lindsay’s spokesman now admits to an ‘administrative error’ in filing his travel expenses.
But even if rules were followed, they appear to have been mightily stretched.Many would say such free spending by a senior public official should be subject to a proper inquiry.
Strangely however, there is no formal mechanism for launching one.
The Parliamentary Standards Authority’s remit doesn’t cover the Speaker’s expenses, nor does that of the Standards Commissioner, so it’s unclear how he can be held to account. So much for transparency.
This glaring gap in the system clearly risks bringing Parliament into disrepute. Whether he has broken rules or not, Sir Lindsay should not be a law unto himself.
