Britain should throw open doors to Hong Kong’s brightest after China breaks handover promises
Let them in
IT’S time to demonstrate what Global Britain means — with a new visa category for Hongkongers.
When Britain handed Hong Kong to the Chinese, our Government expected Beijing to stick to its side of the deal.
They promised ‘one country, two systems’ with genuine democracy, but those promises appear to be evaporating into thin air.
As protests against the Chinese government continue, the sight of a military build-up just over the border is chilling.
So what can we do from the other side of the world?
We can throw our doors open to the best and brightest in the small territory, giving them a ticket to the front of the immigration queue.
The free market Adam Smith Institute rightly says this wouldn’t just be a warning to the Chinese government to leave Hong Kong democracy alone, it would also be a huge boost to the UK economy.
And while we don’t go as far as them in saying that all Hongkongers should be waved through, it would be mad for Britain not to offer a bright, ambitious generation the chance to work here.
Leaving the EU, we’ll have the chance to build an immigration system fit for the 21st century — open and liberal but, crucially, controlled.
Even before that we can send a signal that Britain is still a home for those who want to get on in a free society.
Time's up
WE are losing faith that the EU will eventually come to its senses and compromise on a better Brexit deal.
The clock is ticking down to October 31st and Brussels is showing little of the flexibility it needs to if any arrangement is going to get through Parliament.
After three years of tortuous negotiations, it’s nothing less than we expect.
Even economic self-interest can never be allowed to triumph over the precious project of ever-closer union.
So it’s time to accept that we’re headed for a clean break, regardless of the posturing of two-bit backbenchers who are enjoying their fifteen minutes of fame.
There will be no ‘Government of National Unity’. There isn’t going to be a coup.
No Deal will be bumpy. It’s not where we hoped to be.
But the UK voted to leave the EU. It’s time to do so.
Crime scandal
OUR hearts go out to the family and friends of PC Andrew Harper. His is a tragic loss.
The onus now falls on the PM and the Home Secretary.
Crime is increasingly becoming the country’s biggest issue, and the Tories — the party of law and order — need to act.
No more talking. It’s time for criminals to know things have changed.
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