Posted on 08/27/2025 3:24:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Nigel Farage has rolled back on his pledge to deport “absolutely anyone” arriving in the UK on small boats just 24 hours after making it at a combative press conference in Oxford that led to accusations of ugly and destructive rhetoric.
Farage announced plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in the first five years of a Reform government and to pay despotic regimes such as the Taliban to take them back. He also said: “Yes, women and children, everybody on arrival, will be detained.”
At a press conference near Edinburgh on Wednesday, however, when asked whether his comments on securing women’s safety in the UK rang hollow when he had committed to deporting women and girls back to countries where they faced oppression and sexual violence, Farage said that was not true.
At an event to introduce the MSP Graham Simpson as the latest defection from the Scottish Conservatives to Reform, Farage said: “We’re not even discussing women and children at this stage, there are so many illegal males in Britain.”
Asked if that meant women and children were exempt from the plans, he said: “I didn’t say exempt for ever, but at this stage it is not part of our plan for the next five years.”
Farage similarly rowed back on his proposal to renegotiate the Good Friday agreement after political parties in Northern Ireland condemned his comment as reckless and irresponsible.
He said “the Northern Ireland situation is deeply complex” and “that will not be at the forefront of what we do”.
Farage also denied having a “woman problem”. He said increasing numbers of women had joined Reform over the summer and that they were “becoming very strong forces in the party”.
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A good start would be for him to depart the entire Guardian staff back to the Soviet Union where they were trained.
When you see a guy like Farage struggling to find a clear path on the illegal immigration problem, you just appreciate President Trump even more. No hedging. Illegals Out!
Goodbye, Nigel. You are done.
It took Elon Musk one minute to figure out Farage.
Elon’s awesome.
Farage is a B.S. artist, which is why he probably won’t ever be elected Prime Minister. When he was cozying-up to Donald Trump during Brexit, he looked great. But now he waffles and caves on his prior promises.
Nigel’s unfortunately long been a Bush RINO on illegal immigration.
Soon it will be safe in the UK they’ll have all the bacon lovers locked up
He should be a Conservative instead.
Weasel!
Just that was already too little and too late. Now he’s backtracking. I’m sorry to say it but Nigel is not the guy Britain desperately needs.
The guy they needed was Enoch Powell and that was 50 years ago.
It’s far too late, now.
It was too late 25 or 30 years ago.
Farage can’t make his mind up.
He is all over the place on immigration.
He’s not a true believer. He’s just another politician.
Nigel goes wobbly…again
Just as Elon Musk said: Farage is weak and will do NOTHING.
Farage appears to be the UK’s version of Pierre Poilievre - a glib talker who is not as advertised.
“All hat and no cattle”
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