Britannia ruled the waves because of our sailors and the ships they served in, built in Britain by a skilled workforce. This is how we build the Royal Navy.
We are determined to make a success of Brexit. That requires a combination of homegrown expertise and the brightest and best from elsewhere.
If this happened once at Heathrow there would be uproar. But repeated problems at the Channel Ports are simply met with dithering.
Twice the Government’s attempts to circumvent scrutiny by means of the European Scrutiny Committee have fallen – primarily because it feared defeat.
We need a credible plan to reach net zero by 2050. A great prize is within our grasp, but XR is alienating the public.