Their live broadcast was interrupted after the show host delivered a migrant update.
GB News interrupted for breaking migrant alert in humiliating blow to Starmer (Image: Getty)
GB News presenter Bev Turner halted her late night show on Wednesday and addressed reports of smugglers using “taxi boats” that move along the coast to pick up migrants in the water before heading towards the UK.
Channel smugglers are reportedly launching small boats from Belgium for the first time amid growing pressure on their operations by French police forcing them further along the coast. According to reports, boats are being launched more than 60 miles from England, before travelling along the Belgian and French coastlines to collect migrants in “taxi operations”.
Host Bev explained: “The Channel migrant smugglers are launching boats from Belgium, pushing their operations further along the coast to dodge the French, who are finally trying to crackdown on them.
“All of this comes as British taxpayers continue to foot an ever growing border bill paying a further £16.5million per month, as part of a two month extension of police patrols in northern France.”
GB News host Bev Turner addressed the recent migrant crossings (Image: GB News)
She continued: “But if the boats keep on coming, new tactics are being uncovered by journalists, what exactly are we paying for?”
Show guest Hilary Fordwich claimed the UK should only pay dependent upon how many boats are stopped by the French authorities.
While former advisor to Hillary Clinton, Richard Goodstein, claimed Sir Keir Starmer is “looking weak” in a humiliating blow to the prime minister.
He remarked: “This notion that somehow there is no capacity to keep an eye on what is coming across he waters sounds ludicrous.
“If Starmer should take one lesson from Trump is sealing that border buys you a lot politically and practically.”
Goodstein: “It’s something Starmer needs to get around because it makes him look weak and it makes the party look weak.”
It comes as Britain tries to renegotiate a funding deal to contribute to the costs of policing the French coastline.
Last month, the home secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a two-month extension to a three year, £475 million, shortly before it was due to end.
The deal, which was agreed in 2023, under the Conservative government, the number of crossings has risen steadily, with some 41,472 people arrived in the UK on small boats last year.