NO ONE is pretending that evacuating thousands of British passport-holders from Sudan is an easy exercise.
But there are deeply uncomfortable reminders of the chaotic, bloody withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Once again, there has been a failure of intelligence and planning with key figures absent at the wrong time, and our ambassador on holiday.
Claims that Foreign Office staff prioritised data protection rules above preparing proper evacuee lists are shameful.
Notwithstanding the perceived threats, it is also troubling to see British Embassy staff flee the scene.
The once-noble idea that the captain should stay with the ship appears gone.
Khartoum is descending into hell while our citizens remain trapped and other countries get their people out.
The clock is ticking.
DIANE Abbott’s political career appears finished. It’s about time.
Being the first black female MP to reach the top of the Labour Party was an admirable achievement.
That a woman who campaigned so hard against racism should be brought down by her own hateful words about Jewish people is a bitter irony.
But don’t imagine this was some thoughtless mistake on her part.
It stemmed from a long-standing belief on the Left that it is impossible for Jewish people to suffer racial discrimination.
This is not only appallingly ignorant of the horrors of the past.
Even today, the Government has to spend £15million to protect Jewish communities and schools from attacks.
Sir Keir Starmer has rightly branded Abbott’s comments anti-Semitic. There should be no comeback from that.
LAST year more than 10,000 Albanians arrived in Britain on small boats.
But in the first three months of this year, just 29 made the trip. Why such a dramatic difference?
Because Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the Albanian government to repatriate any that entered the UK illegally.
Such a slashing of the numbers shows that a coherent, sensible policy — such as the Rwanda scheme — will put migrants off if it’s not mired in legal attacks.
Deterrence works.
FROM Dartford ducker and diver to Los Angeles via the nation’s favourite dance show, what a life Len Goodman had.
The Strictly head judge loved to gleefully award celebrity dancers a booming “SEVEN!”
And we like to think he’ll still be watching on from seventh heaven.
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