is justified in the interests of maintaining an effective immigration control
That has to be the most sarcastic goverment comment yet

Did you include a lovely cover note stating you'd already been and RETURNED (unlike some!!), and waffled on for about 3 pages? And one from your fella as well?

Not sure if the main advice these days is to REAPPLY or APPEAL...someone else can tell you that (doesn't it mention it earlier in this thread?).