Full Breakdown
Farage and Bardella Sign Memorandum Amid Reform UK’s Push on the Migrant Crisis
9/8/2026, 1:46:30 AM
Memorandum of Understanding Between Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella
At Reform UK’s party conference in Birmingham, Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella – leader of France’s National Rally and a figure widely tipped to become France’s next prime minister – signed a memorandum of understanding. The document commits the two opposition parties to cooperate should they win their respective national elections.
Reform UK’s Stance on the Migrant Crisis
He positioned the memorandum as a concrete step toward confronting what Reform UK calls the ongoing small-boat migrant crisis.
Official Statements & Responses
- Zia Yusuf (Reform UK Home Affairs spokesman) asserted that the party is “serious” about its immigration plan and that the memorandum demonstrates Reform’s ability to “get things done” despite not holding office.
- Andy Burnham was not directly quoted; his position is presented solely through Yusuf’s criticism.
Verbatim Quotes
- “The point I want to make about this is it is Nigel Farage delivering in the way that we can as an opposition party with a handful of MPs, by the way, outside of office.” — Jordan Bardella
The episode reflects Reform UK’s strategy of leveraging cross-national far-right alliances to pressure the UK government on immigration policy, while simultaneously defending its own internal controversies.
