Keir Starmer has been dealt another major blow as more migrants have crossed the English Channel (Image: Getty)
GB News came to a halt for an update on the migrant crisis in yet a brutal blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Martin Daubney announced that dozens of illegal migrants have crossed the English Channel for the sixth consecutive day, making a mockery of Sir Keir’s pledge to “smash the gangs”. “Six consecutive days now. Clearly the previous governments couldn’t stop the boats and this government cannot smash the gangs,” he said.
Reform UK’s Richard Tice slammed the government’s immigration policy and claimed the French are “laughing at our naive stupidity” after the UK government paid another £660m to curb the problem. “How’s that going, ‘smashing the gangs?’ We’re well over 40,000 have now crossed since the general election and regrettably this is no surprise at all. They’ve got no effective policy, they’ve just shovelled hundreds more millions of pounds to the French.
“My concern is that money is being spurned around the authorities and the police in Northern France. They can’t believe their luck. They are laughing at our naive stupidity and I fear there’s a degree of corruption and malfeasance going on that we cannot believe.
“It’s getting worse!”
GB News presenter Christopher Hope interjected: “There is no proof of what you’re fearing,” before explaining that small boats are now being launched from beaches further away.
Tice hit back: “Over the coming days and weeks, more evidence will come out which will show that this is just an abuse. How can it be getting better? Why are we sending them money?”
Political commentator Nigel Nelson argued that more immigrants would be coming over if the UK hadn’t made that deal with France.
Doubling down on his views, Tice remarked: “We were told send them the money and the boats will stop. The boats haven’t stopped.”
The pair erupted into a shouting match, with Nelson pointing out that Sir Keir “never said that”.
Tice retorted: “He said he’s smash the gangs! And that hasn’t worked.”
Hope then questioned how Reform would deal with the issue, pointing out that the UK is unable to send the boats back.
The politician responded: “We’ve said detain and deport immediately, which is what Tony Blair ironically did back in the early 2000s. They were detaining, processing, and within a fortnight an appeal took place.
“They were only accepting about 20 per cent. We’re now accepting about 70 to 80 per cent. We know it can be done. It was previously done by a Labour government with some cojones. Unfortunately, we’ve got a Labour government that’s got no guts, no courage and no leadership.
