Reform’s new leader Nigel Farage has just had the early slot on the Today Programme and hashed out some of his positions in the election with a testy Mishal Husain. As Husain argued the Tory corner and touted a few announced and recent changes to immigration policy Farage hit back:
“I mean, they’ve lied to us for 14 years about this and they thought they’d get away with it, well they can’t. It doesn’t even matter what Sunak pledges today.”
The Tories announced a cap on the number of migrants which would fall annually last night. As Guido reported yesterday, they are set to make a decision on the ECHR this week. Now Farage sets out Reform’s position, that net migration should be zero. The new front in this election has opened up wide…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”