Gorillas in the mist, Government in the mist.

In 1963 the naturalist Dian Fossey met Dr Leaky the anthropologist . Their meeting led to Dian living for 20 years in the high mountains of Rwanda with the silver back mountain gorilla. A 440 pounds species that when confronted by friendly humans remains shy and introverted. Any sudden moves creates charge and roar but is bluff . The poachers of course take their lives and they have now become a protected species. Fossey in turn inspired Hollywood to make the movie Gorillas in the mist played by Sigourney Weaver . The gorillas played themselves. Unfortunately at the time the movie inspired my ex wife in 1987 to make the same journey and lived several nights with them in the jungle. On her return she opened a restaurant with the aim to donate profits to the preservation of these silver backs. Alas the gorillas would have gone hungry as the venture failed but not before she ran off with the homo sapien restaurant designer.

Last nights vote in Parliament makes the way now for the deportation of those seeking entry into Britain via boats across the channel. The poachers of the innocent Will hopefully be put out of business or at least that is the intention. Why we never hunted these poachers and eradicated at source is an unanswered question. The refugees and there may be genuine in number become the victims. Rwanda by all accounts is a safe place but civil war massacred not so long ago. I’m not convinced that the Government are not in the mist and their energies are mis focused.

Dian was assassinated probably by the poachers in 1986. Intended as a deterrent evil can only be rooted out at the source and the source is the gangs. The £370m being spent on top of the many millions per day to house the unfortunate could have been less and well spent eradicating the gangs.

Rwanda is not a safe place and neither is Britain if law and order inside and outside can’t be maintained. A point missed in the Management mist of the nation. Labour intend to overturn last nights decision when they enter office this year but have at the same time have no alternate plan to deal with the people poach. Mist will fall again no doubt. Boris Johnson encouraged Pritti Patel to come up with the original plan but his charge and roar was of similar bluff as to that of the silver back.

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