Nigel Farage has criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby over comments he made about small boat crossings and the Government’s Rwanda Bill. 

The Most Rev Welby said yesterday that “we can as a nation do better” than the Bill as he argued the legislation paving the way for migrant deportation flights to take off was “damaging for our nation’s unity”. 

But Mr Farage said the Most Rev Welby had not offered any alternative “whatsoever”. 

The former leader of the Brexit Party told GB News: “He talks about unity. I tell you what, Archbishop, if there was a referendum on this, there would be real unity because a very large majority would say that those that cross illegally shouldn’t be allowed to stay. They shouldn’t be coming via this route.

“But he says we can do better and yet I don’t hear him offer any alternative, whatsoever.”

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