Reform’s plan to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats ‘lacks substance’, says former officer

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.

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’

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

"As Reform's beleaguered leader Nigel Farage pushed his lunatic idea to send UK warships to bear down on small boats crisis, this madness is exactly why he should be stopped"

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.

No 10 said border patrol officers were the ‘best-suited candidate’ to deal with such operations.

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.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has vowed to deploy the Royal Navy to the English Channel to prevent illegal migrants from reaching British shores.

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.

REFORM has vowed to use the Navy to stop small boats and make British borders “impenetrable” – as Channel crossings continue to spiral under Andy Burnham. More than 14,000 migrants have crossed the Channel so far this year as the recent heatwaves trigger a stampede, with gormless French cops watching on as loaded dingh

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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Reform wants to launch 'largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two' to stop small boats  lbc.co.uk

Operation Fortress, would see the Royal Navy put to work protecting Britain's borders and towing any small boats back to France.

Reform UK will launch 'largest military operation since WW2' to end small boat crossings if party wins next general election  GB News

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'

Helen Corbett, Press Association Political Correspondent Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Dover on Sunday to tout a boost to the number of officers deployed to tackle smuggling gangs in a bid to drive down small boat crossings. Since the start of 2025, the number of National Crime Agency officers tackling organised