RISHI Sunak’s deal with President Macron to try to stop small-boat migrants is welcome as far as it goes.
Of course it rankles to pay the French another £70million, having already shelled out a fortune to convince them to police their own borders.
But it is no small matter to have British officials based in French control rooms, ensuring patrols there are acting rapidly on intelligence and holding back more and more boats.
On its own, though, it sounds a long way off the game-changer voters crave.
The PM must be ready to tackle the root causes of this people-trafficking scandal.