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UK TO GET BORDER POLICE

A unified force will operate on Britain's points of entry

Wednesday July 25,2007

By Julia White for express.co.uk

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BRITAIN'S first "unified border force" is to be set up, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today.

Officers from the Border and Immigration Agency, Revenue and Customs and UKVisas will be brought together, to strengthen safeguards at points of entry to the UK.

Mr Brown also announced consultation on doubling the time police can hold terror suspects to 56 days, and on an alternative proposal which would allow a maximum of 58 days pre-charge detention.

Mr Brown said: “To strengthen the powers and surveillance capabilities of our border guards and security officers, we will now integrate the vital work of the Border and Immigration Agency, Customs and UKVisas overseas.

“At the main points of entry to the UK we will establish a unified border force.”

The Cabinet Secretary has been asked to report on plans for implementing the proposal by October, and also on whether there is a case to go further, added Mr Brown.

It would lead “for the first time to one single primary checkpoint for both passport control and for Customs”, he told the House of Commons.

Opposition leader David Cameron said he was “delighted” to see the Government adopting his party’s policy for a single border force.

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE!

26.07.07, 11:25am

Border police are of little use when a million illegal immigrants have taken residence in a country that will not send them home because their human rights are more important than legal residents!

Set up a repatriation force to send the scum home as quickly as possible instead of providing police with maps to direct them to less wealthy areas!

• Posted by: The_Way_I_See_It • Report Comment

GORDON SCARED OF WHITE FLIGHT !!

26.07.07, 5:56am

The border guards will be to keep us in -- don't forget - he's a commie - using commie tactics. Anybody leaving who used to vote labour will be returned home, no doubt with more promises and bribes to keep them voting.

• Posted by: JAYDEE • Report Comment

BORDER GUARDS CLAD IN TARTAN TUTUS, WHILST...

25.07.07, 10:02pm

A tad slow on the uptake Gordon. This, however, suits you and your loathsome ilk; dunderheads. First border guards should be “the border” Scotland and England, to keep Gordon and his bilious thieves from pillaging our coffers. Ah Gordon, funny how you just so happen to come up with solutions, now, when it suits political expediency. Put your ear to the rail Gordon, we’ll let you know when a train is coming. We aren’t as daft as you presume; border guards… yeah Gordon, clad in tartan tutus and piping more rats aboard our wee Island!

• Posted by: misanthrope • Report Comment

BRITAINS FIRST BORDER POLICE.

25.07.07, 8:57pm

These will be all hand picked by politically correct Commie Jock Broone's henchmen and women.
These specially selected types will let anyone through our borders because they will be working to PC guidelines set by Jock Broone. It will be a total waste of OUR money which this misgovernment keeps wasting.

I would close the Chunnel until the odious frogs agree not to let any more through it.
I would give border police machine pistols with orders to shoot if anyone refuses to STOP, let this riff raff know we mean business and maybe things will slow down.

This a easy exercise, we are only a little island.

Do not put it into the private sector hands as we know how useless they are.

• Posted by: Robertz • Report Comment

UK TO GET BORDER POLICE

25.07.07, 7:38pm

Gordon, the country has been aflame and slowly burning for some years and NOW you are ordering a fire engine!!

• Posted by: Lagenda • Report Comment

HA

25.07.07, 6:47pm

Another load of Bollock$, from the gob of "call me honest Gordon".

Just bring our troops home, blow up the channel (immigrants archway) tunnel. Stop ALL immigration, hunt down & expel all illegals, allow economic migrants to leave when they want, but no return.

Kick out the Cr@ppy government.

• Posted by: Rusty • Report Comment