Birmingham: British politician Nigel Farage has pledged to stop asylum seeker boats within two weeks of winning an election and passing drastic new laws to deport migrants, pointing to Australia as proof that his plan can work.

Farage cited former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and his policies to insist that boats would stop crossing the English Channel within weeks of similar UK measures coming into force.

Britain’s Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage reacts during the Reform party’s annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on Saturday. Credit: AP

The controversial leader, once derided for being unable to beat the UK’s two major political parties, energised thousands of supporters at a party conference in Birmingham on the weekend, as he rides high

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