Lib Dem Cabinet Minister slams "Stupid and Offensive" Government Poster Vans

Vince Cable on the recent Government trial of "Go Home" Poster vans in London:

"It was stupid and offensive. It is designed, apparently, to sort of create a sense of fear in the British population that we have a vast problem with illegal immigration. We have a problem but it's not a vast one. It's got to be dealt with in a measured way dealing with the underlying causes."

Quite.

Incidentally, to the Home Office spokesman who said it was "clear that this is already working": really? Care to back that up with some facts? How many people have called up asking to be deported? How many people have been given a lift to Heathrow? How many airfares have you paid for recently as a direct consequence of those vans? Becuase until you give figures, I'd strongly suspect a figure close to Nil.