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Matthew Parris

Nigel Farage is wrong: the French are doing us a big favour in Calais

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

Last week Nigel Farage described the deal we’ve done with France over the refugee camp near Calais as a ‘humiliating capitulation’. His was the most disgruntled voice among a number of others. The disgruntlement arose from the ‘Sandhurst’ deal struck with France during President Macron’s visit to Britain. The Prime Minister had agreed (at Sandhurst) to pay some £44.5

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