How Reform's small boats plan 'will backfire'

But as someone who served in the Royal Navy pointed out, that's probably death for some of them.

Reform will respond by launching the biggest military operation in the Channel since World War II.Any illegal vessel trying to cross will be met by the Royal Navy, who will take the migrants back to France.

It's nonsense.OK.Why do you say that, sir?Well, I'm ex -Royal Navy myself.Ah, right.Thank you for your service.

So I do think you're welcome, but I do know about it.And the Navy will never, ever, tow a boat that's likely to tip over and sink with people in it, especially innocent people.If you watch any war film, if the Royal Navy, even in the war, sank a ship, a German ship, they would pick up the survivors and vice versa.Because once someone's in distress at sea, your job in the Royal Navy is to rescue them, not to kill them.