Nigel Farage has said he would send small boats back to France unless Emmanuel Macron’s country “plays ball”.
The Reform honorary life president will make a speech in Dover this morning after announcing he would not stand as an MP but instead appear around the country to boost support for Richard Tice’s party.
Mr Farage said he would “make clear that nobody that comes via this route will ever be granted settled status in our country”.
He told Good Morning Britain: “I’d say to the French navy: ‘We will not accept your navy escorting dinghies to our 12-mile line and then handing them over to our authorities’.”
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27 май 2024