Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
read out a number of examples of the party’s members standing in seats across the country making deeply offensive remarks about immigrants and ethnic minorities.Farage insisted he “wanted nothing to do with” the candidates, who he claimed were chosen before he became Reform’s leader earlier this month.Farage has claimed the man is an actor playing a part - an accusation denied by Channel 4.
“What happened over last weekend was truly astonishing. A tirade of invective abuse directed at the prime minister - the whole thing was unbelievable. Farage said it was “a total and utter set-up” and added: “I want nothing to do with people like him and he has nothing to do with us.”Fiona Bruce then read out a series of deeply offensive comments made by Reform UK candidates.
“We’re a start-up and all start-ups, whether in business or political parties, get wrong ’uns in the early days.” A woman added: “I want to know when are you actually going to take responsibility for your actions and say sorry and stop making excuses?”
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