Reform MP sparks furious row with World War Two jibe at France after Paris rejects party's small boats plan

Sarah Pochin, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, issued the swipe after Paris rejected her party's bid to use the Royal Navy to return migrants across the Channel.

Former Royal Navy commander warns Reform over ‘performative’ small boats plan as Britain’s fleet devastated  GB News

France has condemned a proposal by hard-right Reform UK party to launch, if it wins power, "the largest military operation" in the Channel "since World War II" to stop migrants crossing on small boats.

Nigel Farage wanted to get the political focus onto his party's home turf by talking about immigration at a press conference Monday morning.

Nigel Farage’s plan for navy to return small boat migrants ‘illegal’, says France  thetimes.com

The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The proposal – which experts and other political parties promptly rubbished – comes days after tens of thousands of migrants enter

Nigel Farage's Reform UK has proposed using the Royal Navy to transport migrants on the English Channel to France or Belgium under a plan called "operation fortress"

Experts say Nigel Farage’s plan would only increase death and violence at the border – after the party promised the ‘largest military operation in the Channel since WWII’

Retired Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe said military warships would not be best used for ‘ferrying people around’

Nigel Farage says he would use the military in the Channel but there are questions about whether the plan would work The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, whose summer has been dominated by the Guardian’s disclosure of a £5m undeclared gift and his connections with a fraudster, emerged on Monday to claim that his party w

Reform UK insists using Navy to stop migrant boats would be legal.

'Violation of our sovereignty': France hits back at Reform's plan to use Royal Navy to stop small boat crossings  lbc.co.uk

Reform UK would use Navy to stop small boats in the Channel  itv.com

The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats.

Britain's Reform U.K. party vowed that if elected it would use the Royal Navy to turn back small boats bringing migrants across from France and Belgium.

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Britain and France signed a new three-year deal in April to stop irregular migrants making the risky Channel journeys, with London paying Paris up to €766 million in return for boosted law enforcement of the issue.

Rightwing party’s policy announcement comes as Reform drops behind Labour in polls

Reform wants to launch 'the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two'

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Zia Yusuf said the party would launch 'the largest military operation in the English Channel since WW2'

The party says it would send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats and return them to France or Belgium under a plan called 'Operation Fortress'