Shut down the asylum system until we figure out what the hell is going on

This photo provided by the Counter Terrorism Police North East shows Ahmed Alid
This photo provided by the Counter Terrorism Police North East shows Ahmed Alid

How incredibly tolerant we’ve been, led to believe our security measures are robust, yet the mainstream media remains silent, they won’t speak about it and the political class are seemingly indifferent.

But the truth is laid bare day by day. Indeed, just yesterday we heard that Ahmed Alid, a Moroccan migrant who had been in the asylum system for more than three years was found guilty of murdering a pensioner in Hartlepool in “revenge” for Israel’s actions in Gaza. And this is not the only case of violence.

Take, for example, Abdul Ezedi, the asylum seeker who earlier this year attacked a woman and her two daughters with alkaline in Clapham. Or the Liverpool Women’s Hospital bomber in 2021, who’d had his asylum claim rejected. Or Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, who posed as a teenager to enter the UK in 2019, claimed asylum and was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing 21-year-old Thomas Roberts to death in March 2022.

So many cases, it’s odd that nobody seems willing to speak out. The establishment would rather discuss anything else than confront the reality that we are allowing into our country not only individuals from different cultures but also those with identities that make it difficult to verify their claims. It is as if some of these individuals toss their records into the English Channel as soon as they are within 12 miles of our shore.

Despite the cases, however, anyone who dares to point out these issues is immediately branded as racist. But it is time we prioritised the interests of our own citizens above those who abuse our system – a system that now seems wide open to anyone from around the world.

Our leaders have lost any sense of moral courage, any notion of standing up for what is right, and any adherence to British values. I doubt they, or any of their allies in the establishment will acknowledge this. They are more separated, more divided from the general public opinion on this issue than on anything else in my lifetime. People across the country are furious; they are worried and concerned. They feel they cannot even express their opinions without being condemned.

The case of Ahmed Alid is just one in a very long list of individuals who should have been deported long ago. Let us hope that in the upcoming general election, issues like this can be discussed openly, clearly, and plainly. After all, who in their right mind would not prioritise the safety of their own citizens?

If necessary, that means shutting down the process until we can accurately vet these people, and properly deter those who wish to come here illegally.