Farage - the Man Who Undid His Own Lock

I was listening to the coverage of the death threat against Nigel Farage – grim stuff, a TikTok tirade from an Afghan man who’d already racked up a criminal record in Sweden. The kind of story that sends Reform voters into a froth about “our borders” and “taking back control.” But here’s the rub – had we still been in the EU, this man would never have set foot here. Not legally, not illegally, not even on a dinghy.

Before Brexit, the UK was part of the Dublin Regulation, which let us send asylum seekers straight back to the first EU country that processed them. Sweden, in this case. His fingerprints, his convictions, his history – all logged in a shared database. Under that system, the UK could have simply said, “He’s yours,” and that would have been the end of it. Quick, clean, effective.

Then came Farage. The self-proclaimed champion of sovereignty, the man who promised control, dismantled the very mechanism that would have kept his would-be assassin out. Brexit scrapped our access to the EU databases that flagged repeat asylum claims. It tore up the return agreements that allowed us to deport people back to where they came from. The result? We now have fewer tools to stop dangerous individuals crossing the Channel than we did before.

That’s not taking back control – that’s throwing away the keys and blaming the neighbours.

And yet, there he was, railing against the system, demanding the man be kept behind bars and never walk British streets again. The irony could power a small city. Farage’s own crusade against Brussels stripped the UK of the cooperation that would have prevented this entirely. He didn’t just light the fire – he sold the extinguisher to make a point about red tape.

If we’d remained in the EU, the police could have checked his record instantly through SIS II and Eurodac. Sweden would have been legally bound to take him back. But post-Brexit Britain is flying blind – cut off from the very intelligence networks that made our borders secure. It’s like tearing out your house alarm, then complaining that burglars don’t respect your independence.

So yes, the threat against Farage was vile. But the real obscenity is the hypocrisy. The man who made his career shouting about “taking back control” has left the country with none. He dismantled the lock, broke the hinge, and now stands at the broken door, furious that it no longer keeps anyone out.

He's one of yours, Nigel. Own him!