Reform 'can't even stop the boats coming down the Trent'

COUNTY COUNCIL'S FORMER LEADER SAYS FARAGE'S PARTY WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT OVER 'FALSE PROMISES'

- By OLIVER PRIDMORE

THE outgoing Nottinghamshire County Council leader said Reform UK “can't stop boats coming down the Trent” as he pledged to hold the party to account over the coming years.

Sam Smith, who had led the county council on behalf of the Conservatives since Ben Bradley resigned, claims Reform pledged in some of their election material that they would “stop the boats” if elected to run Nottinghamshire County Council.

Councillor Smith, who narrowly held his Newark East seat following the Nottinghamshire County Council election on May 1, said: “We'll be holding them to account on those false promises they have made to the residents of Nottinghamshire.

“A letter went out from Nigel Farage right across the county telling them that if they vote Reform, Nottinghamshire County Council will stop the boats.

“Well, the Reform councillors who have been elected today will have a shock when they arrive at County Hall and they don’t find the Home Office department because guess what, we don’t have one. They can't even stop the boats coming down the Trent, never mind about cutting immigration and stopping the boats over the Channel.”