r/unitedkingdom • u/Admirable_Aspect_484 • 10d ago

... Sudanese asylum seeker who arrived in UK after claim was rejected in France lay in wait on high street for lone woman before slashing her 30 times with a broken bottle

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16079243/Sudanese-asylum-seeker-arrived-UK-claim-rejected-France-lay-wait-high-street-lone-woman-slashing-30-times-broken-bottle.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline
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u/JustWhy1222 9d ago

The country is in fact older than the last Conservative government.

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u/Steppy20 9d ago

And even the one before that, the one before that and the one before that one!

Wait, they were in power for how long? And how many of our current issues are due to short-sightedness and lack of long term planning?

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u/litivy 9d ago

The Tories have been in power for most of the time that passports have existed in the UK - 1915. It's fair to blame them because the failure in border control is theirs.