What a shock

This government seem incapable of telling the truth. If Gordon Brown claimed that coal was black, I'd have my doubts. Gordon Brown promised in his first Labour conference speech as leader that immigrants should "play by the rules or face the consequences". His promise to deport foreign criminals has proved to be a sham. The Daily Telegraph reports that "Thousands of criminals from European countries, including those convicted of violent offences, will not even be considered for deportation unless they spend more than two years in prison, the Home Office has admitted.

The policy means that violent foreign criminals may be released back on to Britain's streets despite the Prime Minister pledging a crackdown on law-breaking foreigners.

An internal Prison Service memo said the Border and Immigration Agency had "no interest" in deporting foreign prisoners serving less than a year in jail.

But it has emerged that the policy is even more lax for prisoners from 30 European countries who can spend up to two years in prison before being considered for deportation. There are about 2,500 European prisoners in Britain's jails.

Criminals not facing deportation under the 12-month exemption included burglars, drug dealers and sex offenders. However, the higher 24-month exemption for Europeans also includes those of violent offenders."


This is not solely Gordon's fault, it's EU legislation that stops us doing anything in this field. But then Gordon could tell us the truth, hold on that's where I came in.