Nigel Farage has taken a swipe at new prime minister Keir Starmer after it was reported that the new Labour Government ditched the Rwanda migrant plan.
Despite the show of intent from the Labour leader, Farage is sceptical about what Starmer has in the pipeline for dealing with Channel migrant crossings.
“He said he would do it, at least he’s kept a promise I suppose”, said Farage.
“Rwanda was never going to work. What Keir Starmer is proposing is tackling the gangs.
Nigel Farage has responded to Starmer's reported decision to scrap the plan
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“Frankly, the last government were doing that for the last few years. It’s not going to work at the minute.
“It’s wet and windy, but we do have some pretty strong first hand accounts that as soon as we get a calm spell, they’ll be crossing the English Channel in their thousands.
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“Let’s face it, Keir Starmer does not have a plan to deal with it.”
In his first press conference as prime minister, Starmer said the previous government’s ploy to send migrants to Rwanda was “dead and buried”.
He added that the landslide victory for his party has given Labour a “clear mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom”.
After sweeping to a historic victory at the polls, Sir Keir said his party had received “a mandate to do politics differently”.
Migrants crossing the ChannelPA“This will be a politics and a Government that is about delivery, is about service. Self-interest is yesterday’s politics.”
Sir Keir also said: “We clearly on Thursday got a mandate from all four nations.
“For the first time in 20-plus years, we have a majority in England, in Scotland and in Wales.
“And that is a clear mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom.”
Sunak has been turfed out of Number 10 after a crushing defeatPAHe set out plans to travel on Sunday to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, before returning to England, during which time he would meet First Ministers and “establish a way of working across the United Kingdom that will be different and better to the way of working that we’ve had in recent years and to recognise the contributions of all four nations”.
Answering questions from journalists, Sir Keir said: “I am restless for change and I think and hope that what you’ve already seen demonstrates that.”
He pointed to the appointments of Sir Patrick Vallance and business chief James Timpson as evidence of his party’s commitment to change.