Reform UK's Navy Plan to Turn Back Small Boats Sparks Political Firestorm and Military Rebuke

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled Operation Fortress, a plan to deploy the Royal Navy to intercept and return small boats carrying asylum seekers in the English Channel. The proposal, announced Monday, claims it would launch the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two" should Reform win power at the next general election.

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