The innate conservatism of the people is waiting to be harnessed in a mass cause.

An offshore facility is a logical move that other nations in our unique position would also consider.

No meaningful resistance is allowed; the population knows that.

Our Government is not in control of who enters our country, when and under what circumstances. It is a bystander. An observer.

But to lift these countries close enough to Western levels of public administration, GDP per capita and economic opportunity to stop the pull factor, international aid would have to be trillions of dollars.

Back in the real world, ordinary citizens want their governments to act in their interests – a basic function which governments seem to find increasingly difficult to honour.