'Complete charade!' Nigel Farage blasts Rwanda plan as Rishi Sunak makes new vow

THE Government’s Rwanda deportation scheme is a “complete charade” because legal challenges will prevent flights from taking off, Nigel Farage has claimed.

He said on GB News: “Just over two years ago, of course, we had the speech at Lydd Airport down in Kent, telling us about the Rwanda plan. We’re two years on, we’ve spent at least £160 million pounds so far and not sent a single human being.

“What happens is every time Rishi Sunak speaks on this subject, he raises the rhetoric. He raises the rhetoric, and he does so of course because public anger is so great, the sense of injustice and unfairness.

“Do I believe that in 10 to 12 weeks time, there'll be planes taking off with significant numbers of migrants on board? No, I don’t.”

In a discussion with Andrew Pierce and Carole Malone, he continued: “What people care about is: are the numbers crossing the Channel going to stop?

“He made no acknowledgement in his speech of the fact that numbers are up 25% so far this year.

“He said we’ll defy the European Court of Human Rights. Well, I very much doubt that he will. But even if he did, there's something missing here.

“It's called the Human Rights Act 1998. That was the legislation that took the ECHR and put it into British law and all the while it's there, there will be legal cases taken and British judges will find in favour of the legislation.

“I promise you, not a single person is going to Rwanda. This is a complete charade.”

He added: “He's lying to himself, he’s talking tough…whether it's the sick note culture, whether it's the number of people claiming they've got depression and not even having to look for work and getting an extra 400 quid a month, it's all well and good but I genuinely believe the public now don't believe any of this.

“We've heard this again and again and again. No one's listening.”