{"id":1219689,"date":"2022-01-17T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219689"},"modified":"2022-01-17T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T14:38:33","slug":"saving-his-own-skin-boris-johnson-deploys-military-to-secure-border-in-bid-to-boost-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saving-his-own-skin-boris-johnson-deploys-military-to-secure-border-in-bid-to-boost-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving His Own Skin: Boris Johnson Deploys Military to Secure Border in Bid to Boost Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1233358288-e1642427493198-640x335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Boris Johnson appears to have rediscovered the concept of border control, having promised to deploy the Navy to secure the channel in a bid to boost his waning popularity.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to deploy the UK military to secure the UK\u2019s English Channel border in order to curb the ongoing migrant crisis, in a move seemingly designed to give the embattled PM\u2019s waning popularity a boost.<\/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>Johnson, in response to collapsing support from the public as well as within his own party, has reportedly deployed \u201cOperation Red Meat\u201d, involving the implementation of measures that would be hoped to appeal to his voters, such as the rapid reeling in of the channel migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-60021252\">report<\/a> by the BBC, the Royal Navy is to take over operations in the English Channel aiming to stem the flow of illegal migrants from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/boris-johnson-calls-in-military-to-stem-flow-of-migrants-xnltcb5x8\">report<\/a> in&nbsp;<em>The Times<\/em> over the weekend meanwhile claimed that the PM was also looking at sending migrants to Ghana and Rwanda for processing, instead of dealing with them domestically.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>One government spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-60021252\">told<\/a> the BBC that the \u201cnecessary\u201d changes reflect how the British public \u201crightly had enough of the blatant disregard of our immigration laws by criminal people smugglers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK armed forces already work closely with Border Force in these operations, providing expertise and assets as part of our processes in the Channel,\u201d the spokesman added. \u201cIt is right that we pursue all options to prevent illegal crossings and protect life at sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deploying the armed forces to protect Britain\u2019s borders may become essential in time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2006\/jan\/28\/careers.themilitary\">Soldiers cannot, by law, go on strike<\/a>, but Border Force officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/07\/uk-border-force-threatens-strike-over-plan-to-make-them-enforce-border\/\">are threatening to do just that over their objections to being asked to protect the border<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC Tax to be Abolished by 2028 as UK Promises Eventual End to \u2018Elderly being Threatened with Prison\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exidXgKi1k\">https:\/\/t.co\/exidXgKi1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1482794711270281219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s sudden bolstering of the British border comes appears to be an attempt at reingratiating himself with the nation\u2019s public.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Reportedly one of a number of measures which are part of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/02a04ea6-2527-439a-9ab0-c13b9c205550?shareType=nongift\">Operation Red Meat<\/a>\u201c, the news that the UK will be significantly tightening the border comes alongside news regarding the eventual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/16\/bbc-tax-to-be-abolished-by-2028-as-uk-promises-eventual-end-to-elderly-being-threatened-with-prison\/\">scrapping<\/a> of the BBC Licence tax, as well as proposing an ex-Government Secretary for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/politics\/gavin-williamson-lined-up-for-knighthood-pm-tries-buy-silence\/\">knighthood<\/a> seemingly in a bid to keep him quiet regarding information that could further harm the PM\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s office has already been forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/14\/boris-johnsons-office-apologies-to-the-queen-for-partying-on-eve-of-prince-philips-funeral\/\">apologise<\/a> to the Queen over lockdown breaking shindigs which took place under his nose, while the PM himself has issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/12\/hes-sorry-now-boris-johnson-apologizes-for-joining-lockdown-garden-party\/\">apology<\/a> in person to the British Parliament, though to jeers when he reaffirmed his position that he believed the garden party he was pictured at was a \u201cwork event\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I want to apologise. I know that millions of people have made extraordinary sacrifices&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologies to public after attending party held at No 10 during lockdown<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMQs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMQs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJx8Ra1hZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/XJx8Ra1hZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1481237963115843589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Polling for the PM\u2019s Conservative Party has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/13\/boris-johnsons-conservatives-drop-ten-points-behind-labour-in-opinion-poll\/\">divebombed<\/a> to ten points behind Labour, despite it recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/14\/sir-keir-starmer-branded-hypocrite-by-conservative-commentators-over-his-own-covid-rules-breach\/\">emerging<\/a> that the head of the leftist party, Keir Starmer, also broke COVID restrictions during a period of lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer was snapped drinking a beer with other Labour members in a constituency office in Durham during a period of lockdown restrictions last year.<\/p>\n<p>The party head however has denied any wrongdoing, or that any lockdown rules were breached, doubling down on his political assault on Boris Johnson during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/radio\/special-shows\/call-keir\/keir-fights-back-over-partygate-tories-are-trying-to-drag-us-into-the-gutter\/\">interview<\/a> with LBC on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s anger at the Prime Minister, there\u2019s actually ridicule \u2013 people are joking about it \u2013 and once the country is no longer laughing with you, but laughing at you, you really are in a bad place as Prime Minister,\u201d Starmer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson appears to have rediscovered the concept of border control, having promised to deploy the Navy to secure the channel in a bid to boost his waning popularity. 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