Nigel Farage's Reform UK party is facing significant backlash after undercover footage by Channel 4 News revealed campaigners making racist, homophobic, and islamophobic remarks. The footage, filmed in Clacton where Farage is running for MP, includes a campaigner referring to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a racial slur and suggesting migrants should be used for 'target practice.' Another campaigner suggested turning mosques into pubs. Farage has expressed dismay at the comments and announced that the activists involved will no longer be working with Reform UK. Additionally, Farage has claimed that the individual making the remarks may be an actor, a claim currently under investigation by the party. The scandal has led to a drop in support for Reform UK, with Farage attributing the decline to 'stupid things' said by candidates.
Channel 4 News rejects suggestion from Farage its Reform UK racism exposé was setup - https://t.co/udLvIu96Ff
Nigel Farage criticizes 'reprehensible' racist remarks by workers for his Reform UK party https://t.co/Hk5xrAlBWU
Nigel Farage has claimed that the Reform campaigner who called Rishi Sunak a racist slur is an “actor” 🚨 Follow live updates here 🔗 https://t.co/uXQj8rn2wO https://t.co/2TT7Kud5qY
Nigel Farage has claimed that the Reform campaigner who called Rishi Sunak a racist slur is an “actor” 🚨 Follow live updates here https://t.co/PQUIw4eKC9
Reform UK activist made racist comments about Sunak. Says asylum seekers should be shot - get young army recruits there, yeah, with guns on the fucking beach, target practice. Fucking just shoot them.” Road to Auswitz began with hatred and scapegoating. https://t.co/UMuMSnwvhx
Reform UK Deputy Leader Ben Habib responds to footage showing campaigners using racial slurs and homophobic language. “People are out to denigrate Reform UK, they want to do anything they can to pull us down!” @russellquirk | @benhabib6 https://t.co/OoRrxxt0Yd
Reform UK Deputy Leader Ben Habib responds to footage showing campaigners using racial slurs and homophobic language. “People are out to denigrate Reform UK, they want to do anything they can to pull us down!” @russellquirk | @benhabib6 https://t.co/PtefYWsHNu
Nigel Farage reacts to reports of 'racist' Reform UK campaigners https://t.co/NwFbO46vIo
Well well well. An actor volunteers as a Reform canvasser, turns up in Clacton, mouths racist stuff in a different voice from his normal posh one, and just happens to be captured doing it by Channel 4 News, a news organisation with a notable leftist bias. What are the chances?!!!… https://t.co/swWG3mLsGh
🔵 Reform UK is investigating claims that a party volunteer who was filmed calling Rishi Sunak a “f------ p---” by undercover reporters for Channel 4 is a part-time actor, the Telegraph understands. Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/21s9HNmVFA https://t.co/jpNzw1Tgd6
'Mr Parker will not be welcome back' #NigelFarage responds to #ReformUK campaigners caught making racist slurs. https://t.co/g7wFTi2Uwx https://t.co/VpmEjIH0FH
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says he was "shocked" by the "clearly racist" comments made by Reform UK campaigners, but refuses to call Nigel Farage himself a racist [@BBCBreakfast]
After Reform activists were caught saying migrants should be shot and using homophobic slurs, Farage said "almost anything can be written off as racist and homophobic" https://t.co/pqgh6TUj7r
Breaking: It emerges that the so-called @reformparty_uk 'volunteer' who was the subject of a @Channel4 sting looks like being another actor. We've seen this BS before. During the 2019 UK general election, actor David Ballantyne ran as a Brexit Party PPC. On the left is a picture… https://t.co/hQWbUMvyWW
Keir Starmer slams 'clearly racist' rants by Reform activists who branded Rishi Sunak a 'f**king P***' and demanded Army shoot migrants in undercover footage - as Nigel Farage's party is hit by poll slump https://t.co/CSjZJwD0Gh https://t.co/eLBjFEbQ2C
There are unevidenced theories floating around - promoted by some journalists - that the Reform volunteer filmed by Channel 4 making racist comments about Rishi Sunak could have been a set-up because he has worked as an actor. I've spoken to Andrew Parker this morning, he said…
Nigel Farage says he is "dismayed" after a Reform UK campaigner was filmed saying the Army should "just shoot" migrants crossing the Channel. What’s your reaction? 📞 0344 499 1000 @russellquirk https://t.co/h7qsnbIbMv
EXCLUSIVE: Isabel Oakeshott believes the individual videoed in the Channel 4 Reform UK investigation saying racist comments "may have been an actor". "He was not known to the party, he bears a remarkable resemblance to an actor whose details can be quite easily found!" @iromg https://t.co/FhqEvSPr0n
Reform UK have launched an investigation into whether the alleged Farage campaign volunteer caught making racist, Islamophobic and homophobic comments in a Channel 4 News report is an actor. If so, and this story turns out to have been faked up, all hell will break loose.
Ex-Labour adviser Mike Buckley says Reform UK has "created a home" for racists, after campaigners were videoed making slurs. "There's news out there already showing not just canvasses but also candidates have racist and homophobic views. These are not nice people!" @iromg https://t.co/MhlpttVsvM
Nigel Farage defends Reform after campaigners filmed using racist slurs - live https://t.co/0TFoXyqpAi
Nigel Farage defends Reform after campaigners filmed using racist slurs - live updates https://t.co/0TFoXyqpAi https://t.co/lFZbsr1pbj
🇬🇧 Shoot Illegal Migrants, Said Reform Campaigner ▫Farage aides recorded by undercover reporters ▫@oliver_wright @MaxKendix @Steven_Swinford @Smyth_Chris #frontpagestoday #UK @thetimes 🇬🇧 https://t.co/dw2CJOcyDV
Remember Andrew Parker, the Reform UK canvasser secretly recorded by Channel 4 calling Rishi Sunak a "P*ki", and saying the army should gun down Channel crossers? He is a professional actor His https://t.co/bvNb6zwyLy bio says he plays 'the villain and mafia type' often This… https://t.co/DkuI2DDR23
Nigel Farage confirms Reform UK activists caught making 'unacceptable' comments will be dropped from campaign https://t.co/BcrVir1a3R
'These days, almost anything can be written off as racist and homophobic' Nigel Farage tells @harry_horton it is the only 'odd exception' in Reform UK who have been 'gratuitously offensive' after a campaigner called for Channel migrants to be used as ‘target practice’ https://t.co/lp7MNT1JWD
A campaigner for Nigel Farage has told voters that illegal migrants should be used for Army “target practice” and that mosques should be turned into Wetherspoon pubs https://t.co/czpPaJSStf
Reform UK campaigner said Channel migrants should be used as 'target practice' https://t.co/Pf2olPBI8r
Homophobic and racist comments made by Reform UK members have been recorded by an undercover Channel 4 journalist while they campaigned for Nigel Farage to become an MP. Political correspondent Iain Watson has watched the footage and had more details on #BBCBreakfast… https://t.co/is3MXrjOZl
In case anyone is in any doubt about what @reformparty_uk is all about, listen to this crudely racist @Nigel_Farage campaigner https://t.co/uECXAItyMa
Farage: "in some cases one or two people let us down & we let them go" No candidate suspended since June 7th. Have criticised doorstep campaigner (called Sunak P-word) But Farage is keeping Reform's candidate who called for Muslims to be gassed + asylum seekers to be murdered! https://t.co/2XUEJGyrXB
Reform UK Activists Have Been Filmed Making Racist And Homophobic Slurs https://t.co/z6XbX93Z0x
Undercover footage filmed by Channel 4 News apparently shows Reform UK campaigners making racist, homophobic and islamophobic remarks. Campaigning in Clacton-on-Sea where Mr Farage is standing, one campaigner for the party used a racial slur against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. https://t.co/HI3qc8FyIC
Nigel Farage says he is "dismayed" after a Reform UK campaigner was filmed saying the Army should "just shoot" migrants crossing the Channel. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/ERIdeyB8si
Incredible undercover investigation from @Channel4News in which Reform activist suggests shooting migrants arriving in small boats. “Get the young recruits there, yeah, with guns on the fucking beach. Target practice. Fucking just shoot them.” https://t.co/EVVYqzC1v7
Reform UK activist calls for migrants to be shot https://t.co/AvMmWrQ4AR
Nigel Farage 'dismayed' after Reform activist filmed making 'appalling' slurs. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/WJ1OPI7pVi
Reform UK condemns campaigners' racist slurs https://t.co/WMciQvsVel
Reform campaigner called for Channel migrants to be used as ‘target practice’ https://t.co/17givdYQXJ
Nigel Farage ‘dismayed’ after Reform UK campaigner calls Sunak a ‘f**king P**i’ An undercover reporter captured campaigners making offensive comments about the Prime Minister and Muslims in Clacton https://t.co/n6OJ2zZYWS
The Times: Shoot illegal migrants, said Reform campaigner #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/IzgbVlAvrd
Nigel Farage ‘dismayed’ after Reform UK canvasser ‘filmed calling Rishi Sunak f*****g p**i’ https://t.co/OXnQ3dVr73
Nigel Farage 'dismayed' at 'reprehensible' comments from Reform campaigners https://t.co/UeIsc20Nzs
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says the racist comments towards Rishi Sunak from one of his volunteers were “horrible” “Almost as bad as the Labour candidate in Clacton and his slurs against white people. Have you covered that?” https://t.co/WHC3hoUiCB
Members of Nigel Farage's election campaign call for 'mosques to be turned into Wetherspoons', brand the PM a 'f****** p***', demand Army recruits use migrants as 'target practice', and vow Reform will 'bring back the noose', undercover footage reveals https://t.co/qBsqRO4ECw https://t.co/Dso36wVsJe
Andrew Parker, who is canvassing in Clacton, made racist comments about Rishi Sunak, described Islam as ‘a cult’ & suggested asylum seekers should be shot. This is what #ReformUK really are! https://t.co/d0TAL83KTZ
Campaigner for Nigel Farage says migrants should be shot in undercover footage https://t.co/c7zawJnNRs
Exclusive: Undercover inside Reform’s campaign - evidence of homophobia and canvasser's racism Watch the full report by @darshnasoni https://t.co/NqH2RSDy6X
Nigel Farage responds to Channel 4 News undercover investigation within the Reform UK campaign in Clacton, exposing examples of racist language and raising questions whether the party has breached the local electoral campaign spending limit in the seat. https://t.co/Qspj5gUKXk
A campaigner for Nigel Farage has told voters that illegal migrants should be used for army “target practice” and that mosques should be turned into pubs ⬇️ https://t.co/SbuPr2m2AB
I have just interview Nigel Farage about this story. He says all three activists will no longer be working with Reform. But he dismissed accusations he and his party attracts people with racist and homophobic views. https://t.co/5ZNKP9me3X
A clip by Channel 4 has been revealed, showing Reform UK canvassers uttering ‘homophobic and racist slurs' during the election campaign. Peter Cardwell: “Horrendous, awful, absolutely not to be excused.” @petercardwell https://t.co/3QaDxGuRjd
🔴 A volunteer Reform UK canvasser has been filmed calling Rishi Sunak a “f------ P---” by an undercover reporter Channel 4 News filmed the remarks in Clacton, where Nigel Farage is running to be MP, by Andrew Parker Follow the latest 👇 https://t.co/Sj4ZCjjKFp https://t.co/jU2MZHjoz4
🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage's Clacton campaign has been exposed to have evidence of racism and homophobia One canvasser about Rishi Sunak: "That f**king p*** we got in - what good is he?" About small boats arrivals: "Just f**king shoot them" https://t.co/WxaPY01ZEd
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve gone undercover inside Nigel Farage’s Reform UK campaign in Clacton and found evidence of anti-migrant rhetoric, homophobia and one canvasser making racist and offensive remarks. As @DarshnaSoni reports. https://t.co/VkhVLczjcw
Exclusive: Undercover inside Reform’s campaign - evidence of homophobia and canvasser's racism Read the full article here: https://t.co/g3xOIBk5cI Watch our full piece on Channel 4 News at 7pm.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage has issued a statement after Reform UK kicked out campaigners over 'unacceptable' comments, following allegations set to be aired by Channel 4. https://t.co/MeyRjjcekB
Reform UK is losing support because candidates are saying 'stupid things,' says Farage | @harry_horton reports https://t.co/xWO7ynZN90
Support for Farage's Reform UK party drops after Ukraine comments https://t.co/rITb4DboWH via @Reuters
Nigel Farage blames 'stupid' candidates as Reform UK stalls in polls https://t.co/9fWp4DdR7O
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking to around 1,000 supporters on Wearside. "Something is going very, very wrong.." Claims children are being indoctrinated about UK history. Immigration, knife crime + Brexit also referenced (+ Sunderland's leave vote).Report+ reax, #looknorth https://t.co/miSs3nSSQA
NEW: Nigel Farage tells me he suspects Reform UK have dropped off in the polls recently because “we’ve had too many candidates saying stupid things”
📊 Reform UK appears to have alienated some voters with Nigel Farage’s claim that the West is partly to blame for the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new poll 🔴 Exclusive from @HugoGye https://t.co/fBQYfvOFDz