Nigel Farage has hit back at what he sees as an attempt to vilify Reform UK in classrooms, saying the party will “go to war against the teachers’ unions” if it gains the power to do so. His comments come after it emerged that the National Education Union (NEU) is planning to debate whether Reform UK should be explicitly called out in schools as a “far-right and racist” party.
Next month, teachers at the NEU’s conference will be asked to support a motion that calls for students to be taught about the “dangers” of backing Reform UK at the ballot box. The motion argues that Reform has “weaponized refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims, and Jews” for political purposes and suggests the party gained its four million votes at the last General Election by running on an “anti-immigration platform.”
