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Fearless Farage gets scale of asylum crisis

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August 31, 2025

WHILE every political party has launched usually accompanied by much fanfare their way of solving the migrant boat crossing issue, it’s safe to say none have ever gone as far as Nigel Farage steered Reform UK last week.

But just as there is much to admire in his boldness, the warning notes of caution are enough for a symphony.

Deporting as many as 600,000 migrants, roughly the population of Glasgow, will take guts, the hide of a rhinoceros and plenty of cash.

And this financial hurdle was the first at which Mr Farage became unseated.

Challenged as to how Reform's plan would cost just £10billion when a respected economic think tank had costed it at £47.5 billion, all he could come up with was his party was “better at maths”.

Equally, where the camps that would

THE CHANCELLOR is reported to be looking at taxing landlords by applying National Insurance on rental income, in part because it won't break their election promise of raising taxes on working people.

Is she so financially inept she can't work out the increases will simply be passed straight on to the tenants?

hold these hundreds of thousands awaiting deportation would be located produced no clear response.

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