”Refugees" are replaced by "asylum seekers" (so, rather than running away from something awful, they're coming here to get something). "Illegal immigrants:" well I was born a human being, just like every one of those people in the boats. I might have done a few illegal things (my speeding points have just expired, actually), but I'm not an illegal person. No-one could ever have helped being born, with the possible exception of Jesus, so we can't be illegal people. OK, we could use those expressions carelessly, but we should beware of allowing them to become embedded. "Criminal gangs" is a form of words I won't use, mainly because I won't talk Tory talk, but also because it's a woolly way of describing people I know nothing about (and neither does Sue Ellen Braverman). I notice that the Patels and Bravermen of this world steer away (hypocritically) of referring to "foreigners." I wonder why. Then there's those three-word slogans. I suppose the Tories think that the gullible British public can't cope with more than three words at a time. So it has to be "Take back control!" or "Get brexit done!" or "Stop the boats!"

Amen to all of that.