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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Drip-feed of Reform UK controversies puts party’s policy drive in shade

Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage’s press conference on Thursday was meant to set out Reform’s commitment to the pensions triple lock but was overshadowed by another scandal. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

It was a week that started with a candid admission from Nigel Farage. When asked if Reform UK’s vetting process was finally up to scratch, the party leader said: “I accept that at the last general election basically there was no vetting really.” He was speaking after the latest of what a senior colleague had described as a “series of abhorrent incidents”.

That latest incident had involved a Welsh Senedd candidate, Corey Edwards, who was forced to step down last Friday after a picture of him appearing to do a Nazi salute surfaced online.

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