Dedicated to James

When James Brokenshire took hold of the reigns at the Home Office, so many things changed for so many people.

Telephone lines were closed and reasonable discussions ended, throwing visa applications into the long grass on assumptions rather than fact.

Families were torn apart, and children were born out of their country, all because of one man's refusal to connect with his public.

While many point fingers at Theresa May for the chaos of the visa system in modern times, in my own opinion, most of the bad that happened, did so under the reign of James.

Not Only Broken Shires

Not satisfied with the pain and anguish he had caused so many, our anti-hero then moved over the water to take up post of Northern Ireland Minister (or some such title).

Was it just a coincidence, or bad timing, or did things start going pear-shaped around the borders when James arrived there?

Time to Leave

But then, the day arrived, and James resigned, stating ill health as a reason.

What was slightly odd was how his replacement was announced 6 hours before his resignation was.

Did that mean the press office handled things as badly as James had, or did it mean that this was just a cover up for incompetence.

No matter what really, he might have actually been good, although after several personal lack of responses from James when asked to respond directly, it has to be thought the future of immigration and of Ireland has a lot to do with their past departmental head.

And So, the Birth of Brokenshires

By name or by nature, the persistent breaking up of our shires through bad legislation really does deserve to be a backdrop to a healthy discussion forum about the state of things today.

Within these pages, we will discuss Brexit, Immigration and Benefits with openness.

Covering the topics that our inspirational namesake was so influential in, we really hope that one day, redress will occur and people who deserve to be here, can be, without trauma or accusation.

We look forward to hearing your opinion, and hope we can at least discuss the flaws in our system in an honourable manner.