Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mrs May?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5223661/Bizarre-plan-launched-Dads-Army-Border-Force.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/30/23/47A6228300000578-5223661-The_Border_Force_volunteers_will_be_tried_out_along_the_East_Coa-a-3_1514677236312.jpg

[naomi24]

Jackdaw, but that wouldn't be practical. Volunteers would be capable of watching and reporting anything untoward but it doesn't follow that they would be capable dealing with any given situation pro-actively. I mean, imagine a load of young blokes wading ashore. How would one watcher be expected to deal with that?

[Mamyalynne]

Good binoculars and you could alert the authorities before they land, added bonus of fresh sea air too.

[fender62]

in these times one would think, the government would and should patrol our borders correctly and not cost cut, like they are doing with our military, i find it shocking. but they can find money for overseas bribes, that do not seem to show a dividend, all i see is an system slowly breaking down, the captain must be on a zero contract....

[fender62]

by the way im neither left or right or in between, when you get my age
one has seen to many promises, and no delivery

[naomi24]

fender, our borders consist of around 19.5 thousand miles of coastline. Impossible to patrol.