Wikileaks’ Julian Assange leaves UK and Reform’s Nigel Farage in the channel | The Daily Podcast

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called small boat crossings a “national security emergency” and said Britain should cut off funding to France if it keeps escorting migrant vessels across the Channel. Kamal and Camilla are joined by Home Affairs Editor Charles Hymas, who was on a catamaran on the English Channel with Farage as he launched his party’s plans for stopping the small boats. And as Julian Assange is finally released from prison following a plea deal with US authorities, we ask if the WikiLeaks founder is a free speech hero - or just a shameless self-publicist. #politics #farage #assange Read and listen to more here: 00:00 Intro 02:44 Tory wipeout 04:05 Immigration chat 07:00 Starmer’s response 11:33 Sunak’s mistakes 14:23 Charles Hymas on Farage 17:49 Farage in the Channel 25:31 Julian Assange is a free man 26:39 Gordon Rayner on Ass