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Evening Standard
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Politics
Harry Taylor

Farage rows back on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win

Nigel Farage Reform Ann Widdecombe JACOB KING Jacob ReesMogg Lucy Connolly Reform UK Stefan Rousseau Birmingham Brexit Party
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on a walkabout meeting delegates during the second day of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham on Saturday (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Nigel Farage has rowed back on a pledge he made to the party’s conference to stop small boat crossings within two weeks of taking office.

The Reform UK leader had told an audience at the NEC in Birmingham on Friday it would take a fortnight of him entering Downing Street to halt arrivals, if he won an election.

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