The Eu is our crutch at the moment i doubt we will be seperating in fact you may soon open up your wallet and see Euros in the very near future.
The system cant keep up with the breaches and record them it seems to me.
Also can you imagine how bogged down the appeals system would be?
With the refundable visa fee if you fail i dont think would work in the eyes of Mps.
Just wait untill the Daily wail and co got hold of all the admin time taken up for free blah blah.
The fact that the visa dept pays its way keeps the heat off.
The majority of the Voters/taxpayers wont not want to supplement Visas and as the taxes rise to pay for Browns Bailout i think it will become even more hostile.
I belive and i have put it here before the goverment calculate they can push up the cost of the Visas far higher.