FURIOUS Nigel Farage EXPLODES in Parliament Over PM’s “INSANE” Migrant Housing Plan (Video)
Prime Minister’s Questions began in high tension when Nigel Farage rose from the Reform UK benches and demanded answers about the Channel crossings. He told the chamber that more than ten thousand young men without papers have landed on Britain’s shores since January, a jump of forty per cent on last year.
Farage said taxpayers are now paying billions of pounds to keep thousands of newcomers in hotels and, more recently, in private flats around the country. In his words, “whole streets in some towns feel taken over,” and he pointed to Runcourt, where he claimed seven hundred and fifty men had been placed in one district alone. He warned that local people feel left out while rents rise and public services remain stretched.
He turned next to the government’s new idea of shifting arrivals to “city hubs” so hotel bills fall. Farage argued that moving large numbers into already crowded cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will only heighten tensions. He called the slogan “smash the gangs” an empty phrase, saying it has not stopped the boats, and he urged the Prime Minister to declare a national emergency that would let ministers bypass normal planning rules and “turn boats back immediately.
Shouts and desk-thumping followed until the Speaker restored order. The Prime Minister then hit back. He said a tough Borders Bill is nearly law and will give police “powers similar to those used against terrorists” to arrest smugglers, seize boats and enter suspected safe houses without delay. He insisted new accommodation sites will be on surplus public land, not in crowded neighbourhoods, and promised the switch from hotels would save half a billion pounds this year.
The Prime Minister accused Reform UK of voting with opposition parties to block earlier border measures. He warned that Farage’s plan would “charge people at the NHS, weaken workers’ rights and leave Britain friendless abroad,” words that drew cheers from the government benches and groans from Reform UK.
Farage fired back that communities feel abandoned and that council leaders in places like Runcourt have quietly asked for extra police to keep order. He read out a message from one local resident who said she now drives her children to a school only two streets away because “everything feels tense.”
Other MPs joined the row. Labour’s shadow home secretary said the government has created a backlog of one hundred thousand asylum claims and called for faster decisions and new safe routes for genuine refugees. The SNP said Scotland wants a humane policy, while Liberal Democrats pressed for closer co-operation with France.
Outside Parliament the clash went viral. Clips of the debate trended on social media under the tag “DeclareEmergencyNow.” Online polls showed a majority of respondents fear immigration numbers are too high, yet many also dislike talk that paints all arrivals as a threat. Charities such as Refugee Council urged MPs to watch their language, reminding them that most people on the boats are fleeing war or persecution and need safe, orderly ways to apply.
The Home Office is expected to unveil details of the city-hub plan next week. Officials say it may include disused army bases on city fringes, strict nightly curfews and compulsory English lessons. Ministers claim that if the scheme works, hotel use could fall by eighty per cent by Christmas.
With an election on the horizon, both Farage and the Prime Minister know border control is a decisive issue. Farage hopes to rally voters who feel ignored, while the government tries to prove it can be firm and fair at the same time. As the Speaker finally drew the session to a close, the mood in the Commons suggested the argument has only just begun.
