Up next in 10
Keir Starmer has thrown out 'every possible concession' won by the Tories, says Lord Frost
49 views
May 19, 2025
Former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost has launched a scathing attack on the Government's new EU deal, claiming it pushes Britain back towards the single market and undermines the purpose of Brexit.Speaking on GB News, Lord Frost described the agreement as "a much worse deal than I thought it was going to be" and expressed shock at the concessions made.FULL STORY HERE.
View Video Transcript
0:00
Lord Heseltine, isn't it also fair to say that the deal you're saying is a step in the right direction today was tabled by Sir Keir Starmer, who also wants to control immigration
0:09
It's not fair to say that every political party that has an accurate bellwether reading of the British electorate would agree
0:16
This isn't about Enoch Powell, it's about political realities. Yes, but the Enoch Powell speech was about stirring racialism
0:27
And I know because I was involved in the employment conditions of the time
0:34
employment agencies, hotels, I know exactly what was going on at the time
0:39
and I know what Enoch Powell was stirring and stoking up. And what Nigel Farage has been a past master at doing
0:46
is rebuilding on those arguments. Get our country back. What do you think he means
0:51
He means actually stopping the immigrants. and look lord haste Nigel Farage isn't a part of this deal today what about Sir Keir Starmer he
1:01
said was turning into a nation an island of strangers is he also echoing Enoch Powell yes but the fact of the matter is that immigration is a much bigger and longer problem than is being adequately dealt with in the political debate
1:19
Both the big parties are frightened of reform, and therefore they pander around the fringes of the issue
1:26
The truth is that immigration can only be dealt with on a European scale
1:33
The immigrants coming across the Channel are not French. They're not Europeans
1:37
They are actually people from outside Europe. And the only way to actually police Europe is to do so across the borders of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean and Turkey
1:48
And that can only be done by a combined European agreement. OK, let's put that to Lord Frost's final word
1:56
The only way to cut down immigration, the only way to control our borders is to comply more with the European Union
2:02
The only way to control our borders is to control our borders. and that's what the Rwanda scheme was about. I agree actually with Lord Heseltine that this
2:10
problem is longer and deeper rooted. We thought there were 3 million EU citizens in the UK
2:17
When we counted them there were 6 million The truth is that immigration from all sorts has been out of control for a long time All parties actually bear a degree of responsibility for that The voters people of this country are fed up with it
2:33
and they want something done about it, and that's what's driving the politics of it, not the other way around
2:38
Lord Heseltine, final word to you. It seems it's people such as yourself who are out of touch with the political realities
2:44
People want to take back control of our borders. Yes, of course they do
2:47
But how do you do that when actually you have no powers to do it
2:52
And the only way you can do it is to do it with some sort of quasi-military force
2:57
across the Adriatic and the Mediterranean and the Turkish border. It is a huge issue, and it's going to get worse
3:04
because climate change is going to erode coastal communities who will be seeking to go
3:12
And what one has to take into account, and it's uncomfortable, but it's the truth
3:17
that everybody in the world today has got one of these and if you happen to be sitting in the
3:23
sub-saharan Africa you can see the standards of living which we enjoy in Europe and it's not the
3:29
idlers and shirkers who are coming here it a particularly younger generation who say I want to share in all of that and so what why should it be our responsibility to allow all of those people with mobile phones and money and able ability to get here coming through several multiple safe nations
3:48
why is it our job to simply let them roll in, Lord Heseltine? The answer to your question is very simple
3:54
It is our responsibility to control our borders, but you cannot do it alone, apart from Europe
4:02
And you see, what people never ask the question, why should the French stop any of those people leaving France
4:10
They're not French. They're illegal immigrants in France. And our responsibility should be to try to help the French
4:19
stopping them getting to Europe in the first place. OK, let me put that point, let me put the final point to Lord Frost
4:25
Lord Frost, we do that already. We pay half a billion quid a year to the French
4:29
It's having no effect. In fact, it's getting worse. Yeah, I mean, there are far too many links in that causal chain
4:35
The best way to control our borders is to control our own borders, provide a proper deterrent for people who come here so that they don't get to stay
4:44
Of course, we can work with the French. We should try and work with the French and others. But it's our responsibility to control our borders
4:51
And that's where I would stop
#Government
#news
#Politics
#World News