Sir Roger Gale, the oldest MP in Parliament at the age of 81, claimed the Reform UK leader had to come up with answers over how to tackle the “small boats” crisis.
“Time for Farage to put up or shut up,” he messaged on X, also known as Twitter.
Sir Roger, MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich and who was Deputy Speaker from December 2022 until this May, added: “Both sides of the House are waiting in eager anticipation of his proposed solution to the problems of people trafficking, illegal cross-channel crossings and the resulting and tragic deaths of the kind that we have witnessed this weekend.”
He argued: “To date, no such policies have been offered by the Member of Parliament for Clacton or his less-than-illustrious colleagues.”
Mr Farage leads the five-strong group of Reform MPs in the Commons, after his party gained more than four million votes.
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