Nigel Farage issues stark Chagos warning to Andy Burnham ahead of Donald Trump meeting: 'Can't go ahead!'

Asked by GB News Reporter Will Godley if he has any advice for Mr Burnham, the Reform leader said if the PM "wants advice, he'll give it to him".

Mr Farage said: "I offered advice to Keir Starmer previously, he didn't want to know. I'm guessing Andy Burnham doesn't want to know either.

"But look, it's very, very simple. We have an American president who, whilst his country may have some some different interests to ours, he is himself instinctively very pro-British. That's a head start."

Highlighting the controversy surrounding Labour's Chagos "surrender" deal to Mauritius, Mr Farage made clear: "My advice would be simple. Start off by saying that we're not going to give away the Chagos Islands to a Chinese influence, Mauritius.

"Get the meeting off to a good start, and then you can start to talk tough about the Falklands and other things."

The Reform leader argued that the meeting will "not go well" if Mr Burnham suggests China will "have massive influence" over Britain.

Nigel Farage has issued a stark warning to Andy Burnham ahead of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump

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He told GB News: "If Andy Burnham walks in there and says 'we're going to continue giving China massive influence over this', well, there are two things really.

"One is the Diego Garcia base, the second, of course, is the Chagossian people. But I think frankly, he needs to say that's not going to go ahead."

Mr Farage cautioned Mr Burnham not to "get off on the wrong foot" with the US President.

He said: "I have it on good authority that the Prime Minister will tomorrow at midday be speaking to the Mauritian Prime Minister.

"We've got to look out for that very, very carefully, but if you get off on the wrong foot like that, it won't go well."

Turning to the controversy surrounding his own party, Mr Farage was questioned on whether he welcomes the Electoral Commission's review on political spending, the Reform leader took aim at the "dishonesty" of the Labour Government.

He said: "This is the most dishonest, anti-democratic Government in history. They are literally trying to move the goalposts every single week to disadvantage a democratic opponent. I've never seen anything like it in all my life.

"The Electoral Commission say they look at this, why? Because Angela Rayner wrote them a letter. And it's only in 2022 that a major piece of legislation passed to allow Brits living around the world much greater participation in the British democratic process, including extending those who could donate."

Mr Farage told GB News that Labour is the 'most dishonest and anti-democratic Government in history'

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Mr Farage continued: "And just because there's a couple of wealthy individuals that want to give money to Reform so we can even the playing field.

"Over the course of what parties have raised in the last couple of years, Labour try constantly to backdate and change the rules, and we are not going to be put off by these people.

"Any attempt to retrospectively legislate would be completely breaking the rule of law in this country. It's wrong in every way and I don't believe it will happen."

Pressed again on whether he welcomes the review, Mr Farage made clear: "I don't welcome interference in politics to attempt to stop your opponent competing with you on equal terms. This could be East Germany before the Berlin Wall came down, that's how they're behaving."