Farage backtracks on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win
Nigel Farage shifts timeline on small boats pledge
- Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has retracted his pledge to halt small boat crossings within two weeks of taking office.
- He now says it would take two weeks to stop the crossings after proposed legislation is enacted.
- Reform UK's plan to stop crossings involves quitting the European Convention on Human Rights and repealing the Human Rights Act, a process expected to take over a year.
- Mr Farage made the comments at the Reform UK conference in Birmingham, which saw the party outline its government plans.
- Motions passed at the conference included reviewing asylum approvals, repealing the 2008 Climate Change Act, and removing "gender ideology" from public organisations.