Farage in furious Brexit rant at Ruth Davidson's 'insincere' call to reform migration cap
NIGEL FARAGE unleashed a furious tirade at Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson over immigration targets, accusing her of being insincere.
Nigel Farage rages over Ruth Davidson immigration comments
The former Ukip leader said the party leader’s comments were “poor” and she was “masquerading” as a Conservative.
Ms Davidson questioned the Government’s goal of reducing net migration below 100,000 and called for students to be taken out of net migration figures.
Speaking on his LBC show, Mr Farage said: “The person that wants us to have this big, open rational debate is not going to do any media because she doesn’t want to have an open, rational debate.
“She says ‘it’s a matter of public trust that we get immigration right’ - you bet it is Ruth Davidson.
Nigel Farage accused Ruth Davidson of posturing as a Tory over her Brexit immigration comments
People masquerade as Conservatives at election time to get Conservative votes
“Because the party that you represent in 2010, in the general election, in 2015, in the general election and in 2017, in this snap general election - in all three manifestos pledged to reduce net migration to tens of thousands a year.
“13.5 million people voted for that just a few months ago and now you want to overturn it without even referring back to them and not being prepared to come on this show and debate with me some of the issues, with someone you see as being on the wrong side of this argument.
“I would say this is pretty poor, I would say actually this really does represent a theme.
“People masquerade as Conservatives at election time to get Conservative votes.”
Ruth Davidson said the Conservative party must lead a “rational discussion” with the public in order to coax the public to favour the “Conservative case for immigration” sparking fears of a major Tory split.
Writing in the Telegraph, the former Remain campaigner said: “This isn’t about slogans on mugs or Breaking Point posters; this is about the need for a rational discussion around economic growth, workforce planning, the capacity of public services, societal change and public consent.”
Whitehall has promised a new set of migration rules after Brexit.
The government has also promised to get net migration to the tens of thousands.