Farage: PM is betraying Brexit and the British people for an EU deal

SIR Keir Starmer is fast betraying Brexit and he could endanger the NATO military alliance, Nigel Farage has claimed.

- By Katie Harris Senior Political Correspondent

The Reform UK leader said it would be "awful" if the Prime Minister caved in to the European Union over fishing rights in order to strike a defence deal with the bloc.

He also said a security pact with Brussels could threaten NATO's standing.

Asked if Sir Keir was betraying Brexit, Mr Farage said yesterday: “It feels like it’s happening quite rapidly.

“The fishing thing is a disaster. We’ve never got what we really voted for in any way at all from fishing. To give up more would be awful.

“There’s now talk of a defence pact which would even include intelligence sharing at a very high level and that, in my view, would threaten NATO and where we’re going.

“So it’s almost as if the Government is trying to do two things at the same time. Number one — be big on the world stage, get on well with President Trump, but, on the other, reset with Brussels.

“And at some point, those two policies come into collision.” Mr Farage spoke as Sir Keir prepares to host a UK-EU summit on May 19.

Reports have said, as part of his push for closer ties, he has made concessions on fishing quotas in return for allowing British firms to bid for contracts from the new £128billion EU defence fund.

Meanwhile, the PM is scrambling to secure a trade deal with the US to lessen the impact of Donald Trump’s import tariffs. Mr Farage spoke to the Daily Express as he campaigned in Dover, Kent, before next Thursday’s local elections.