GB News reports that 700 migrants have crossed the channel today. Beating the 2025 one-day record of 656 back on Saturday…
Before today there were 8,064 arrivals so far in 2025 according to official data. 46% higher than at the same point last year…
The all-time record is still held by 3 September 2022, when 1,305 people arrived. This latest set of arrivals will push the 2025 figure close to 9,000 for the year so far. Not a record Cooper will want under her belt…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”