I didn’t see the funny side of Phil Woolas being slam-dunked in the face with the vegan pie, somehow it didn’t have the same impact (on me) as say the rubber stress ball whacking George Galloway to the other side of the open top bus on that sunny day back in spring.

This was an entirely different incident.

When the stress ball hit Galloway it was lobbed from a first floor window, navigated open space above a busy city street, falling curvedly like the fairground ‘ball in a bucket’, and by some fluked misfortune hit the objective head on.

There were at least several seconds of twisting anticipation with the antagonisers of this most reckless of practical jokes – as the ball fell, will it or won’t it, will it or won’t it… !

Woolas on the other hand suffered a pie thrown from a meter away and went down like a gagging order from Jacqui Smith – sudden, swift.

Not very sporting, over in no time.

The ‘No Borders’ spokespeople, claiming responsibility for the pie attack uttered, ‘We threw the pie because we didn’t want to engage in debate and legitimise what he was saying’.

This makes me quite angry for a number of reasons, most of which I’ll not go into for fear of highlighting the legitimate immaturity of ‘No Borders’ beliefs and actions.

First off, they advocate violence – they don’t want to talk so they attack, second, on the one hand they demand to live without fear and racism, on the other they want to let anyone and everyone into the country. Well tough but I and the majority of the people in this country don’t want to live in a country that offers no security. Immigration has to be controlled, monitored and constantly evaluated, it’s incredulous to believe what this group is proposing – an end to migration controls.

I have a friend working in Iraq, guarding democracy for the security and freedom of this country and that country so this misled group of people can advocate a back door to devolution of democracy using custard pies.

Perhaps they ought to examine the good work of the Home Office and Border Agency staff and their efforts to promote the UK as an attractive destination for immigrants who will make a positive contribution to society.

Wake up – use your passport, go travel, go see the world, go experience what life’s really about and find out why you can go out and buy that Nigella Lawson cookbook on baking the perfect custard vegan pie.

Rubber balls thrown by one person and hitting one person are one thing, a group throwing a pie at laws built upon the knowledge of nations are another.