TalkTV presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer was left speechless as she heard from an immigration expert on the show.
Julia Hartley-Brewer banged her head against the desk (Image: TalkTV)
TalkTV presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer was in such disbelief at the “incompetence” of Labour when it comes to immigration that she banged her head against the table repeatedly while speaking to migration expert Robert Bates. In an explosive moment of television, Bates exposed the latest deportation figures versus 2019.
He said: “In their own figures that they’ve published today they show that the percentage of people who are arrested and actually end up being deported, it’s 12% under Labour, it was 25% in 2019! So that number has fallen off a cliff under this government.”
Hartley-Brewer asked why, and Bates responded: “So, once an individual is in detention facilities, they have all kinds of rights for judicial reviews of potential deportation.”
The host mused: “Of course they do,” as Bates continued: “They have round the clock, taxpayer-funded legal advice and welfare support and that just allows them to gum up their removal.
“If they’re in a detention facility for a certain period of time, then actually we basically have to throw our hands up and go, ‘Do you know what, we can’t really get rid of you, so out you go again’. This is a real problem.”
Hartley-Brewer then lost it, telling her guest: “Sorry, sorry, I’m just going to bang my head on the table a few times.” She proceeded to put her forehead against the desk as Bates agreed: “It’s hopeless. It makes you want to weep.”
The programme descended into immigration chaos (Image: TalkTV)
Julia said: “Even though I know this stuff, having someone spell it all out loud is still painful.”
As Bates went on: “I wish I didn’t have to, because it would make your eyes bleed if you knew how incompetent the detention facilities are. We’ve only got 2,000 beds for deportation centres and you think, ‘Well actually, if we’re going to be doing a serious conversation about removing individuals…’”
