In an interview with The Spectator magazine a few days before his surprise appointment, Mr Anderson said he would back the return of capital punishment.
for its handling of small boat crossings, also said migrants arriving unlawfully in Britain should be returned the"same day" to where they came from.
"They are seeing a country where the streets are paved with gold - where, once you land, they are not in that manky little f****** scruffy tent," he said."I'd put them on a Royal Navy frigate or whatever and sail it to Calais, have a stand-off. And they'd just stop coming."
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