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Starmer crony claims Tories and Reform would ‘let small boat migrants drown’ | Politics | News

Starmer crony claims Tories and Reform would ‘let small boat migrants drown’ | Politics | News

Lord Hermer attacked the Tories’ and Reform’s migration policy (Image: BBC) Reform and the Conservatives would let migrants “drown in the water”, Labour’s Attorney General has claimed. Lord Hermer claimed Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch’s parties would not take a “British” approach to the Channel migrant crisis. He also suggested Labour’s plan was “starting to be pretty effective in dealing with small boats”. But the Tories hit back calling his comments a “disgraceful slur”. Speaking to the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast, Lord Hermer questioned what the two parties would do instead, to which the host Nick Robinson said: “They say they’d round people up on the beaches and send them somewhere else.” Lord Hermer replied: “I think what they mean by that is they let people drown in the water. And that is not a British way to deal with it. That is not commensurate with our values. “The way to deal with it is the way that we’ve been dealing with it, and we’re going to carry rolling out further agreements, which is co-operation …

Starmer’s small boats plan in tatters as arrivals hit three-year high | UK | News

Starmer’s small boats plan in tatters as arrivals hit three-year high | UK | News

Labour’s illegal immigration “smash the gangs” vow has been branded “a disaster” – as small-boat arrivals hit a three-year high. And damningly, the government has admitted a total of 41,472 migrants made the perilous crossing in 2025 – up 13% rise on the 36,566 in 2024 – was “shameful”. Meanwhile, under the so-called one-in one-out deal agreed with France in August, 193 migrants were sent back and 195 arrived. The near 41,500 migrants making the crossing from France – a European safe haven – prompted an angry response from appalled Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.   He slammed the astronomical figure, saying it made a mockery of PM Sir Keir Starmer’s promise to break up people-smuggling networks. Mr Farage said: “Smash the gangs is a disaster, the one-in, one-out deal is a farce and the numbers coming over are huge. Many of the young men that have arrived last year will do us great harm.” Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said quitting the European Convention on Human Rights was the only way to take effective …