Reform's "ICE-style" plans will bring "chaos and disorder"

EMBARGO: 22:01 Sunday 22nd February 2026

Responding to the trail of Zia Yusuf's Dover speech, Max Wilkinson MP, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, said:

“Reform’s Trump-inspired plans for an ICE-style force will only bring chaos and disorder to Britain’s streets, not the order and control our immigration system needs.

“It’s nonsense to claim that ripping up the European Convention on Human Rights – a largely British creation – will bring more control. It will undermine the cooperation we need to tackle the problem, and deprive British people of hard-won rights and freedoms too.

“Far from rescuing the economy or making us safer, Reform’s plans are a serious threat to Britain’s economy and to our NHS, police and other key public services.”

ENDS