The United Kingdom’s Labour government has been in power for well over a year, yet still reached for the easy way out of blaming the previous Tory government in the face of more embarrassing immigration figures published Thursday.

The number of migrants claiming asylum in the United Kingdom is at record levels, is up 14 per cent in a year, and has near doubled since the beginning of this decade, new figures released by the Home Office on Thursday reveal. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the figures a “disaster” for the government and linked soaring numbers of arrivals to public safety concerns.

Also in the release is the revelation that…

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