Afternoon all.
The first thing I heard on radio Scotland this morning was a piece about the government appointing 100 new intelligence officers tasked with investigating illegal asylum seekers. I am heartily sick of hearing about asylum seekers as if it's the most pressing issue we face. The expert commentator opined that only time will tell if this reduces the numbers.
Switched over to R4 and another expert commentator was commenting that only time will tell if the government's strategy is effective.
I'll say one thing for the previous government- they were very effective at raising the media profile of this in my opinion minor issue.
I'm standing in a queue at the dentist later, behind a young family of Indian sub-continent or possibly Middle Eastern heritage, judging from their appearance . I overheard the man give the woman's dob as the same year as my DD - I don't think the woman spoke English. The woman had some missing teeth apparently. I know, I know there's no privacy. It really struck me how lucky my DD is in comparison, living comfortably in her safe, prosperous country of birth in excellent health and how difficult it must be to ( have to ) move far from home, family and friends to somewhere with a different language, different beauraucracy, a grey, wet summer and all the rest that hasn't even occurred to me.
Tax payment is one of my DC's talented partner's paintings.