VC10man
You're right about the staffing, it's the same daft situation at Eurotunnel in Coquelles. A fortune spent upgading the border posts now bristling with the technology, but half of them unmanned.
Tableview
The assumption in UK (Daily Mail) is that every non-EU citizen in every other EEA country is desparate to get to the UK, which is clearly rubbish. Take the Turks for example, most of whom are more than happy to remain in Germany (much to some German's annoyance).
Even if we're not going to join Schengen (and it's about as likely as our joining the Euro!) there could be a more intelligent approach to monitoring internal EEA traffic, as opposed to 3rd. country arrivals. Sadly, Brodie Clarke probably had more intelligence than the rest of the numpties put together, and he was forced out as a fallguy for Teresa May!