'Reform's parking its tanks on the lawns of the Red Wall'

NIGEL Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer of dragging Britain back into the European Union by stealth and predicted that voters will punish Labour for it.

- Michael Knowles

The Reform UK leader warned that "more and more people will come towards us" as the Prime Minister is "creeping back" towards Brussels.

Ministers are considering allowing EU courts a say over meat and dairy imports, prompting fury amongst those who voted to leave the bloc. The deal would also give the EU Court of Justice a role in overseeing imports.

But Mr Farage who spoke to the Daily Express after parking Reform's "tanks on the lawns of the Red Wall" - warned voters it was an "indication of where we might be going".

And the Brexit architect declared that the Government would oversee record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel.

It came as he set out his plans to tackle immigration, leave. the European Convention on Human Rights, industrialisation, council spending, taxes and benefits in a wide-ranging speech in County Durham yesterday.

Mr Farage, who was in Newton Aycliffe, one of the areas Boris Johnson targeted in 2019 with the Get Brexit Done slogan, said of Sir Keir: "Clearly, as far as the EU is concerned, he's creeping back in little bit by little bit.

"What we saw yesterday with the ECJ was a sort of indication of where we might be going.

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"If that trend continues, and people wake up to it, yeah, they'll pay a heavy price.

"More and more people will come towards us." The Reform UK leader added that the Prime Minister would "oversee a record number of illegals coming to the UK".

More than 700 migrants were believed to have crossed the Channel yesterday, breaking the record for the number of arrivals on a single day this year.

Slamming Labour's record on immigration, the Reform leader told supporters: "Channel crossings so far this year are over 40% higher than they were last year, and that's before we get the warm weather.

"So we're on for a record year and there's no sign of anyone crossing the Channel being deported.