{"id":1067692,"date":"2021-11-30T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067692"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:14:11","slug":"82-per-cent-of-voters-think-boris-govt-is-handling-channel-migrant-crisis-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/82-per-cent-of-voters-think-boris-govt-is-handling-channel-migrant-crisis-badly\/","title":{"rendered":"82 Per Cent of Voters Think Boris Govt Is Handling Channel Migrant Crisis Badly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F82-per-cent-of-voters-think-boris-govt-is-handling-channel-migrant-crisis-badly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Channel-Migrants-Dungeness-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">More than four-in-five voters think Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government is handling the Channel migrant crisis badly, with more than three-quarters of Conservative Party supporters thinking the same.<\/p>\n<p>The YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.co.uk\/topics\/politics\/articles-reports\/2021\/11\/30\/four-five-britons-disapprove-governments-handling-\">poll<\/a> commissioned by <em>The Times<\/em> and released on Tuesday revealed that 82 per cent of Britons think that the government is handling the migrant crisis \u201cbadly\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Even amongst Conservative voters, who may have been assumed to have some residual loyalty to the Tory Prime Minister, 77 per cent think that the Johnson administration is handling the crisis poorly. The English Channel has seen more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/migrant-arrivals-around-triple-that-of-2020-majority-of-voters-think-tories-are-too-soft-on-crisis\/\">25,000 illegals<\/a> land on Britain\u2019s shores since the beginning of this year, triple on last year.<\/p>\n<p>The research was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/conservative-voters-critical-of-response-to-channel-migrant-crisis-9t82hkbhz\">undertaken<\/a> between the 24th and 25th of November, immediately after 27 migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/25\/boris-slams-french-government-for-failing-to-stop-migrant-boats-after-at-least-27-die-in-english-channel\/\">drowned<\/a> in the English Channel off the coast of France while trying to illegally travel to Britain.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of what is to blame for the rising numbers of illegals trying to get to the UK, however, the most popular belief, at 25 per cent, was \u201cthe French government\u2019s handling of the issue\u201d, with only ten per cent actually blaming the British government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The plurality of those polled on three potential responses to dealing with the Channel crisis shows ordinary Britons to be hawkish on protecting their borders.<\/p>\n<p>Majorities think that officials should \u201cintercept migrant boats in the English Channel and turn them back towards France\u201d (61 per cent agree) and that Britain should refuse to accept asylum applications from those who arrive illegally if they could \u201creasonably have claimed asylum in another safe country\u201d (61 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>A plurality at 47 per cent agreed that those wishing to claim asylum in the UK should be sent to a third country for processing, with just 33 per cent opposing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0110497237569\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris \u2018Hasn\u2019t Got a Clue\u2019! Farage Slams Tories For \u2018Rudderless\u2019 Response to Migrant Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CytBB9ziM\">https:\/\/t.co\/5CytBB9ziM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464978387626168323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The figures showing a high number blaming France for the crisis and support for anti-mass migration measures should signal to the Conservative Party that voters would back tough action in the Channel; but recent reports and remarks from politicians suggest that if Johnson fails to get the crisis under control, voters could turn on the prime minister and his government at the polling booth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, a Conservative MP had told <em>The Times<\/em> that voters may perceive Johnson had not delivered Brexit if cannot show he has \u2018Taken Back Control\u2019 of the UK\u2019s external borders, with another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/prime-minister-farage-blairs-former-minister-fears-relaxing-migration-rules-could-result-in-farage-as-pm\/\">admitting<\/a> that the out-of-control mass migration \u201cis something that is going to be a vote loser\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Labour, however, would likely perform no better in handling the crisis, according to the polls, with just 18 per cent thinking the left-wing party would handle the crisis move effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Lord David Blunkett, Tony Blair\u2019s former home secretary in charge of borders and immigration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/prime-minister-farage-blairs-former-minister-fears-relaxing-migration-rules-could-result-in-farage-as-pm\/\">bluntly<\/a> stated last week that if the Labour government makes the mass migration of alleged asylum seekers easier, voters may rebel against Labour, also, and \u201cNigel Farage might end up being prime minister\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Mr Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/farage-slams-boris-for-rudderless-response-to-migrant-crisis\/\">accused<\/a> the government of being \u201cutterly rudderless\u201d in its response to the migrant crisis. The Brexit leader has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/23\/nigel-farage-threatens-return-to-politics-if-bojo-cant-solve-out-of-control-migrant-crisis\/\">threatened<\/a> that unless Johnson solves the \u201cout of control\u201d mass migration across the English Channel, he could make a return to frontline politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1052631578947\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prime Minister Farage: Blair\u2019s Former Minister Fears Relaxing Migration Rules Could Result in Farage as PM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I5lDtaBSsD\">https:\/\/t.co\/I5lDtaBSsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464326844589776903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than four-in-five voters think Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government is handling the Channel migrant crisis badly, with more than three-quarters of Conservative Party supporters thinking the same. 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