BLACKMAIL: Turkey threatens EU with new surge.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will let hundreds of thousands of migrants travel on to Europe if pushed by the EU.

He was reacting to a non-binding vote by the European Parliament to freeze talks on EU membership for Turkey.

The MEPs were alarmed by Mr Erdogan’s “disproportionate” response to a failed coup attempt in July.

The migrant numbers reaching the Greek islands have dropped since an EU-Turkey deal in March to curb the influx.

The EU could re-open the talks to soothe Turkey’s ruffled feathers, but everybody knows that Erdogan’s Turkey will never gain admittance.