have the power under international maritime law to intercept boats in the water, in french territorial waters, and return them to french territory? absolutely. you do accept that? right, so what has your french counterpart told you when you said...? they absolutely recognise that, and they would argue that they are doing their bit, but what they will not do... and i think there is an important point to differentiate here. in terms of tactics at sea, that's different to actually pushing boats back or the saving life at sea. they have different applications. and paul has spent a lot of time and his team has spent a lot of time having those operational discussions with the french. they have a different interpretation of saving lives at sea and the way in which the solas principle actually applies. and as i have said, we are looking at all aspects in terms of pushback and how we can absolutely... ok, but home secretary, that is an excuse from the french. a labour mp also got frustrated with what he saw as a lack of answers.
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