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Chris Philp

The Public Record

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August 21, 2026

The only way we can stop the crossings is by having a proper deterrent.

Chris Philp

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  1. It is extraordinary that the French Navy will fire live rounds to defend their waters against a visiting British politician but cannot bear to do anything about stopping illegal Channel crossings.2 sources2026bbc.co.uk
  2. If France showed people smugglers half the seriousness they showed me, the boats would stop.2 sources2026bbc.co.uk
Aug 20, 2026

Instead of trying to train these mainly young, male illegal immigrants behave in a civilised way towards women, they should be deported.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 20, 2026

Too many communities are failing to properly integrate and become part of our culture, leaving frankly backwards standards to prevail.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 12, 2026

Three thousand have entered our country in the first 22 days of Andy Burnham’s premiership, that is more … than any other prime minister has seen in their first 22 days.

theguardian.com
Aug 8, 2026

Despite our warnings in Parliament, they initially planned to release rapists and dangerous criminals.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 8, 2026

The Labour government has made mistake after mistake on this early release scheme.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 8, 2026

This the most important decision Andy Burnham has made since he became prime minister and he's got it wrong.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 7, 2026

Illegal working is booming because Labour have turned Britain into a soft touch.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 4, 2026

I am afraid as usual is on the back of a fag packet.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 3, 2026

These are the basics the public expect.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 3, 2026

We have not seen enough action being taken and so the Conservatives would return to the home secretary the power to set operational guidance and codes of practice.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 3, 2026

The public expects clear evidence to always be followed up.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 29, 2026

I don't buy the line from the French that this was routine training. It felt intimidatory and like it was done to stop us following what was happening in the Channel. It felt like a warning.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 29, 2026

I am planning on contacting the French ambassador by next Monday to ask why 17 rounds were fired so close to our boat.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

It is extraordinary that the French Navy will fire live rounds to defend their waters against a visiting British politician but cannot bear to do anything about stopping illegal Channel crossings.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

If France showed people smugglers half the seriousness they showed me, the boats would stop.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

The French warship fired 17 live rounds behind us as it was at its closest point to us. There was no warning at all. It felt like these were warning shots and our skipper told me he had never seen anything like this in years sailing in the…

mirror.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

There were no warnings in place about live firing training exercises. They fired the live rounds at the closest point of approach to us - and didn’t fire anything that we saw before or after.

mirror.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like…

independent.co.uk
Jul 28, 2026

They started firing at the closest point to us on their course, right in the middle of the TV interview, which they would have seen happening. It felt to me like an attempted intimidation to stop us covering the migrant crossings.

independent.co.uk
Jul 17, 2026

If a British citizen commits a crime somewhere else, we would accept them back and I would expect other countries to do the same when the boot's on the other foot.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 15, 2026

We can say: well, we're simply going to stop or restrict issuing visas to people from Pakistan to come here.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 14, 2026

There’s not a moment to lose and this can quite quickly be fixed.

independent.co.uk
Jul 13, 2026

If they don't take him back, we can say: well, we're simply going to stop or restrict issuing visas to people from Pakistan to come here.

bbc.co.uk
Jul 9, 2026

Last year, the government gave Pakistan almost 150,000 visas. Now Pakistan is refusing to take one single criminal back. This is total weakness from Labour and a humiliation.

theguardian.com

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