Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after boat people, leaks are found in Brexit exclusion

“And the punters said to Bachchoo ‘Speak to us of Passion!’ And Bachchoo replied ‘It is that which is in and then out. I thought you meant fashion And were using your Bangladeshi accent’.” From The Profit of Conlil Gibberish, by Bachchoo I am no fan of Mickey Mouse but confess a lifelong passion for the discourse of Baloo the bear from The Jungle Books, despite the fact that Kipling spelt “bhaloo” without the “h”. I have always admired the original illustrations of the Jungle Books by Rudyard’s father, the artist and principal of several art colleges in the Indian subcontinent, John Lockwood Kipling. I recall all this because a fellow called Robert Jenrick, a minister in Cruella’s home office, has recently demanded that the facility that houses these asylum-orphans -- facilities that have murals of Mickey Mouse and the Disney Baloo on the walls -- should be cleansed of these murals as they appear to be signs of welcome to these children. Jenprick doesn’t want them to mistake the mood of this government -- “you are not welcome here and we’ve just passed a bill through Parliament, despite objections from the House of Lords and MPs from our own party -- probably all Communist infiltrators -- to pack as many as we can off to Rwanda”.