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Farage denies Reform would let troops shoot small boats after Jenrick’s ‘lethal force’ claim

Party leader says Jenrick’s comments ‘misconstrued’, after MP said Royal Marines would be allowed to fire at those on boats UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has denied that a Reform UK government would authorise lethal force against migrant crossings in the Channel…

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