'Because of Brexit' and why we need to do something about immigration

Brexit is now driving people to steal from Aldi:

A LAWYER representing a Lithuanian woman who stole packets of steak from Aldi told a court that Brexit was indirectly responsible for her crimes.

I read the headline, clicked the link and while waiting for the page to load, wondered how Brexit could possibly drive someone to steal food. I know there have been doomsayers predicting us all starving to death in the streets once we leave the EU, but we haven't left yet (Still!). The worst that's happened so far is the Pound has dropped a few pence against the Euro. Surely that wouldn't be the cause of otherwise upstanding citizens stuffing chops down their drawers in cut price supermarkets?

Anyhoo

Blackburn Magistrates Court heard Olga Jankovskaja had repeatedly stolen from shops to fund her drugs habit.

Line one of the article. Nothing to do with Brexit, she's a smack head

But defending his client, barrister Mark Williams said the mother-of-one was unable to claim benefits until she had secured UK citizenship 'post Brexit'.

He told a district judge that although his client had worked for most of her time in the UK, she was now struggling to access state help and this meant she was forced to steal.

Defending, Mr Williams said: "Post Brexit she is having to apply for residency and until that is sorted out she can't claim benefits.

"That has led to significant financial difficulties and when you add that to the drugs it has led to these offences."

Mr Williams said his client was on a methadone prescription but it was not enough to deal with her addiction and she was taking heroin on a daily basis.

Could this possibly be the worst excuse from a solicitor in the history of excuses from solicitors ever? (Sorry, barrister. How did she afford one of those?) Maybe. But the real issue here is our need to get a handle on immigration and fast

She can't support herself, she claims benefits, she is addicted to hard drugs and now, she has a criminal record and will do time. And she's applying for post Brexit citizenship, which she'll no doubt get

This is the calibre of person that we should be deporting post haste, not granting British Citizenship with all the rights and privileges that come with

If this woman gets British Citizenship after we leave the EU, Brexit probably wasn't worth the effort