Sajid Javid’s biggest danger? Diane Abbott

Some bizarre things have happened lately, but we may have reached peak surreality this week when Diane Abbott lectured a Conservative government on competence. That’s the shadow home secretary who said an additional 10,000 police officers would cost £300,000 a year. (And I thought my maths was bad.) She made the most of Amber Rudd’s resignation, calling for a “more considerate” immigration policy. More considerate to whom? Piers Morgan on Good Morning

Britain couldn’t get Diane to say if she would deport illegal immigrants. He asked her very politely, six times.

Allow me to help Diane out. Labour’s immigration policy is as follows: let in millions of people within a short period, causing huge pressure on overwhelmed public services. Then go on national TV and rant about our NHS and schools being “broken” by the Tories. If anyone dares to point out that the population is predicted to rise in the next 25 years from 64.5million to 74.3million, with more than two thirds of that increase due to migration, just hiss “Racist!”

Someone really needs to get a grip and we can only hope Sajid Javid is that person. I like the look of him. His childhood home was a two-bedroom flat above a shop that he shared with his mum and dad and four brothers.

In the fallout from Windrush, the new Home Secretary should not hurry to abandon targets for clamping down on illegal immigration. The truth is there is nothing wrong with targets, just quite a lot wrong with human nature. Presented with a target, there will always be

people who will take the easiest path to hitting it. Thus, certain schools have told pupils to drop subjects where they may not perform well enough (for the target, not the child).

Given a target of boosting rape convictions, rather a lot of police officers found themselves suddenly unable to read text messages or emails, especially those providing inconvenient proof that the “victim” had been a willing participant.

Disgracefully, the Immigration Service adopted the same warped approach to the Windrush generation. Charged with providing a “hostile environment” for illegal immigrants, officers found it more congenial to go after Jamaican grandmothers who insisted they were British citizens (because they were) than organised criminals from Eastern Europe.

It is that callous bureaucratic mentality that needs to be challenged, not the targets.

Saj must also focus his energy on the biggest danger of all. I think I speak for everyone here: whatever you do, man, don’t let Diane Abbott become home secretary.