A lot is currently said about the Bibby Stockholm barge. For what it’s worth, I find it utterly repugnant that any country, let alone the UK, would choose to detain people coming here seeking refuge on what is essentially a prison hulk. The tories obviously just want to appear ‘tough on immigration’ in order to appeal to their thuggish electorate, but they are making the entire country appear as inhumane and heartless as they are. Here’s an idea though: why don’t we lock xenophobes like Braverman and Farage up in barges, and house asylum seekers humanely in our communities?