I’m not an avid watcher of ‘Match of the Day’. At my school, anyway, we were brought up on rugby although I admit a penchant for supporting local football team Crystal Palace whose scarf colours are protecting my throat in this inclement weather.

However, I fully go along with what Gary Linecker has expressed regarding UK government legislation on ‘small boats’ immigration. The ones to be criminalized are the gangs running people-smuggling rackets – not the unsuspecting victims who have fallen into their hands!

As Bob Dylan sings in that seminal album ‘John Wesley Harding’ :
“I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he would’ve stayed home”.