GB News commentator Ben Leo clashed with Andy Williams in a heated exchange over the UK's approach to Channel migrant crossings.The dispute comes as the Government confirms negotiations with France on a potential "one-for-one" migrant agreement. READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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00:00Of course we're relying on the French because they're coming from France.
00:02So we're relying on the French to secure our own borders.
00:06What a joke.
00:07I mean, all our brave sailors from back in the day would have been absolutely...
00:11We're not relying on the French, but it's just a fact of life that they are coming from France.
00:16So, of course, we have to...
00:17Ben, people like you who say this, who say, let's not cooperate with France.
00:22Like, that is the problem.
00:23We have to cooperate with France.
00:24I'm not saying don't cooperate.
00:25I'm just saying that you cannot rely on the French to secure business borders.
00:27They don't like us, they can't rely on them, don't trust us.
00:29It's like, actually, diplomacy is quite important.
00:32And the best thing that...
00:33Keir Starmer's made a ton of mistakes since he became Prime Minister.
00:35But the best thing he has done is he has rebuilt our relationships with our key allies across the world.
00:40He's managed the relationship with Trump as well as anybody could.
00:43And he is restoring our reputation that was trashed over the last few years.
00:49Wow, wow.
00:49That's amazing.
00:51Meanwhile, small-boat migrants are up 40% year-on-year.
00:53Yeah, sure.
00:54Wow, well done.
00:54We've had nine months.
00:57Like, let's see where we are.
00:58How long do you want?
00:58Well, these problems cannot be resolved overnight.
01:02They're complicated.
01:02They're difficult.
01:03Labour promised to...
01:04Anybody's unpopulous...
01:05Labour promised to decrease the hotels.
01:08They've increased them.
01:09They've opened more.
01:10The only people benefiting from that are the migrants that arrive and get put into hotels.
01:13And the hoteliers who are now making billions from hotels that usually would have been empty.
01:17Those are the people that are laughing.
01:19The taxpayer is crying.
01:21Because just on Friday alone last week, I think it cost £28 million a year to house those people that arrived on those days.
01:27That's my money.
01:29I didn't consent to these people being in hotels.
01:31I would rather my single-parent mothers who are living in multi-occupancy houses had those hotel rooms, frankly.
01:36That's my dear.
01:43Okay?