HOW DO WE STOP THE BOATS? I get asked this question constantly. “Send in the Navy!” “Turn the boats around!” “Put more patrols in the Channel!” My opinion is different. Having spent weeks on the ground in France, watching this unfold with my own eyes, I believe the answer is far simpler. France has played an absolute blinder. Conditions in the migrant camps are appalling. Filthy, overcrowded slums that make France look like somewhere nobody wants to stay and Britain look like the land of opportunity. Clever, when you think about it. Then comes the next stage. Buses transporting migrants, gendarmes walking groups towards the beaches like they’re on a school trip, and French vessels accompanying boats across the Channel until British authorities take over. I’ve documented enough of this to form my own conclusions. So here’s what I would do. Stop handing France millions. We’re paying for a system that clearly isn’t delivering. Detain everyone arriving illegally, Identify, photograph and document every arrival. Return every person to France Invoice France for the costs. Yes, I know they probably wouldn’t pay. End the perception that arriving illegally guarantees accommodation, financial support and a permanent future in Britain. Make the journey pointless, and you destroy the smugglers’ business model. People are paying thousands because they believe reaching British shores is the finish line. Remove that incentive and why would they keep handing their money to criminal gangs? I believe crossings could fall dramatically within weeks if that message became a reality. No Navy warships required. No dangerous confrontations at sea. Just a government with the backbone to enforce its borders. It is not racist to believe your country should control who enters it. It is not racist to demand that immigration laws are enforced. And it is certainly not racist to believe that the British people and their interests should come first. I’ve watched this operation from the beaches, the camps and the water. Throwing more money at France isn’t my answer. Remove the incentive. Enforce the law. Break the business model. It’s time to put Britain first.