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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

What the latest undercover Reform footage revealed about Nigel Farage

  • Undercover footage from an ITV documentary shows Nigel Farage advising a Reform UK candidate accused of racism to apologise rather than facing expulsion from the party.
  • The candidate, Chris Parry, was urged to apologise for telling David Lammy to go home to the Caribbean, and was later suspended over comments regarding a Jewish neighbourhood watch group.
  • Reform UK communications director Ed Sumner was filmed claiming Farage was protecting Parry, stating he would have expelled the candidate months earlier.
  • The investigation also captured Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin complaining about a chauvinistic culture and the exclusion of women within the party leadership.
  • Labour condemned the revelations as deeply disturbing, while Reform UK stated that there is no room for racism in the party and criticised ITV's undercover methods.

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