 This year alone, more than 14,000 people have arrived on small boats from France, a higher number than any other year for that same time period. Sunak's go-to slogan was stop the boats. Keir Starmer has a new catchphrase. I think that we can smash the vile gangs that are running this trade. The only way to stop that is to smash the gangs. The serious answer is to smash the gangs.