Nigel Farage has distanced himself from a Reform MP’s claim that the party wants to “reset” Britain’s sexual culture.
Tory defector Danny Kruger made headlines last month after hitting out at divorce laws brought in by the Conservatives, and claiming the UK is “suffering from having a totally unregulated sexual economy”.
He told House magazine that he expected Reform to have a “limited but important role” in resetting sexual culture and undoing the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and suggested the party would support incentives for women to have more children.
However, the Reform UK leader has distanced himself from Mr Kruger’s claims, saying the party was one of “different wings”.
Asked if he shared Mr Kruger’s criticism of Britain’s so-called “totally unregulated sexual economy”, Mr Farage told the Financial Times: “No. We’re a party of different wings, and the bigger you become, the more you have to allow free expression.”
He added: “For those guys, it’s Christianity. For me, it’s the values.”
Mr Kruger, who has previously argued for a “Christian restoration” in the UK, said that reforms such as the legalisation of no-fault divorces, “basically means that your vows don’t matter”.
“Marriage traditionally was the means by which sexual relations between men and women were regulated, and I think we are suffering from having a totally unregulated sexual economy,” he said.
“I’m not interested in your love life, or anything about your personal life – that is your business. But I am interested in the framework in which you make your decisions, and I’d like the framework to be more pro-social. If you want – most people do want – to settle down with one person to have children, we should make that easier.”
Mr Kruger, who defected to Reform UK last year, also said the party wants people to have more children.
He told House magazine: “Yes, we have a pronatalist ambition. We want people to have more children, and we think the government should get behind that wish.”
The episode marks another split in the party over its stance on certain issues.
Mr Farage’s comments come after he sparked confusion over the party’s position on Britain’s involvement in the war in the Middle East, after members suggested various stances.
He said Britain should “not get ourselves involved in another foreign war”, despite senior members of his party previously saying the UK should join the US strikes in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Richard Tice, Reform’s MP for Boston and Skegness, said last week that Britain “would be helping the Americans and the Israelis in any way they saw appropriate” if the party was in power, as he responded to a question about whether Reform would instruct the RAF to take part in the strikes.
Nadhim Zahawi also previously said the UK “should join the bombing”, while Robert Jenrick took a different stance on Sunday, telling the BBC it was not “in the interests of the British people”.
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