Farage and Bardella sign pact to stop Channel crossings

Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella signed a pact at Reform UK’s conference in Birmingham, vowing to "stop small boats forever" through a new UK-France cooperation agreement. The memorandum of understanding commits both parties to combat illegal migration, with Bardella promising France would no longer serve as a gateway for crossings if Marine Le Pen wins the 2027 presidency. Farage called it a "historic document" and a new "entente cordiale." Bardella, 30, backed Le Pen after a French appeals court reduced her public office ban. Farage also suggested repatriating Napoleon III’s remains from Farnborough to France, citing potential legal hurdles but saying "if they want him, I think they can have him."