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

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The Reform leader also said he would introduce similar laws to those passed by Australian prime minister Tony Abbott over a decade ago to stop arrivals from Indonesia

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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, just one day after making it.

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

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