Whatever one’s view about illegal immigrants crossing the channel, the news of so many deaths on one boat is chilling in the extreme.

The problem of asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats has reached epic proportions and now we have a row between the British and the French.

One thing is certain – probably Nigel Farage will never give up showing us how asylum seekers continue to arrive.

Last week Cyprus announced that from 1^st May they would welcome Brits who had received both of their vaccinations.

It’s all about Covid-19 at the moment. Hospitals bulging to overflowing, patients being examined in corridors and ambulances and doctors tearing their hair out because of insufficient resources. How did we allow this to creep up on us without realising what was about to happen?

It is perhaps a little known fact that there are areas which belong to Britain which are clear of coronavirus. You cannot tell this from looking at Johns Hopkins as their table brackets the “Channel Islands” as one territory but in fact the Bailiwick of Guernsey is Covid-19 free and life has gone back to normal, even down to kissing and hugging!