Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Andrea Jenkyns

Channel 4′s anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy tore into Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns on Wednesday over her party’s confusing policies.

During a press conference, several representatives from the party blamed illegal migration for increasing violence against women and girls – although it’s well-known that a third of such abuse comes from an intimate partner.

Still, when Guru-Murthy asked Jenkyns how Reform actually planned on cutting down on the number of small boat crossings coming from the English Channel, Jenkyns did not seem to see the connection at all.

She replied: “This conference is about women, so why are we talking about this?”

After a pause, he replied: “Because you’re talking about them aren’t you? As a safety question. So you believe they are a threat to women’s safety.”

Admitting she believes migration is “one aspect” of the issue, she insisted she would simply return anyone who arrives via British shores illegally.

So Guru-Murthy asked: “What about the people who come from countries you can’t send back? You can’t send someone back to Iran because there’s no route.”

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