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Okay, let's just say we wake up on 5 July and Nigel Farage is Prime Minister. Can you explain to me how you will stop the boats? One policy you haven't mentioned that Reform are committed to is leaving the ECHR. This means that it will be impossible for us to have reciprocal returns agreements with any other country so for instance the very successful deal with Albania is torn up. That means that a small boat across the channel becomes a one way trip no matter where you come from. Of course you could resurrect or even expand the Rwanda scheme but that will only deal with hundreds of people whilst tens of thousands are coming over.As far as I can see, a Reform government would actually result in record levels of illegal immigration for the above reasons. Tell me why I am wrong.On capping legal immigration can you give more details of how this would work. Most of legal immigration comes from four sectors, the NHS, Social Care, construction and students.As the first three are driven by demand for labour and skill shortages how would you meet these needs if there was a cap? You can't say that they would be filled by people already here as that has already been shown to be a fallacy after Brexit when were told it was the solution.Can you explain how you would manage the NHS and the undoubtedly larger waiting lists that would result due to staff shortages? Can you explain how making worse the already critical shortages of people working in social care would not lead to a further decline in provision? Can you explain what percentage drop in construction sector activity would be acceptable as a result of there not being enough people with skills to complete projects?As far as I can see it a cap on immigration will lead to much longer hospital waiting lists, a significant decline in already inadequate social care standards and a sharp drop in construction starts hampering economic growth and housing starts making homes even more expensive. Tell me why I am wrong.

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