Conservative MP Esther McVey has said Sir Keir Starmer needs to recall Parliament from their summer recess.
Conservative MP Esther McVey described the current small boats crisis as a ‘state of emergency’ during an appearance on GB News. The MP for Tatton was commenting on the fact a people smuggler was let off in France when she made the remarks. Explaining the extent of the issue she said: “You’ve got a whole host of people who were prepared to do various elements of the smuggling. In this case, it was bringing the boat across…
“You’d think they would have learned from county lines. So you’ve got somebody right down the pecking order. Who’s just getting a location, just getting some of the equipment, and he’s got sort of a get out, so he is right down (the pecking order). So whenever Keir Starmer was talking about smashing the gangs, let’s get real, he didn’t have a chance. He should have listened to how difficult it is to do drugs now. (The) difficulties to do county lines,” she suggested.
Esther McVey has said Keir Starmer needs to recall Parliment to sort out the small boats issue (Image: GB News)
“So..we have got to take it into our own control and response…And I’ve said parliament needs to be recalled.
“This is a state of emergency – the numbers for immigration. We need to get everybody back. We’ve got to agree on what we’re getting to do.
“Dust down the Rwanda plan immediately, because that’s basically what Trump has based his scheme on which has pretty much stopped all of the immigrants coming over the Mexican border, he’s got to do that,” she said.
Earlier this month Britain secured a new agreement with France over returning migrants who arrive in small boats, with a deal struck for a one in, one out system that would see small boat migrants exchanged for legal asylum seekers.
Keir Starmer’s stance on the small boats has been slammed (Image: Getty)
It came after around 22,492 people arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel this year, up 57% on the same time in 2024 and 71% higher than the year before that.
The situation is leading to public unrest. On Saturday eveing (July 27) protesters clashed outside a hotel in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, housing asylum seekers.
Separated by a dual carriageway, Stand Up To Racism protesters were met by anti-migrant protesters, waving Union Jack flags which read ‘Uniting Britain’ and ‘The Great Britain National Protest’.
The protest came after the hotel’s owners reportedly agreed to a deal with Serco to house asylum seekers.
