18 h. ago Nigel Farage brands Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but insists she’s not racist

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘unhappy’ with Sarah Pochin’s comments on Black and Asian people in adverts but that he ‘understands the basic point’ and will not take further action

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20 h. ago Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’Nigel Farage has defended remarks made by a Reform MP who said seeing adverts full of black and Asian people “drives her mad”, arguing the intention behind her comments was not racist.The Reform UK leader said if he felt Sarah Pochin’s words were “deliberately and genuinely racist”, he would have “taken action” against her. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Nigel Farage defends Reform MP who moaned about TV ads being 'full of black and Asian people'

Both Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have accused Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn and Helsby MP, of prejudice over her outburst.

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22 h. ago Reform MP’s remarks ‘ugly’ but intention was not racist, Farage says

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin were ‘ugly’ and ‘wrong’ but resisted calls to remove the whip.

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23 h. ago Nigel Farage brands his own MP’s comments ‘ugly and wrong’ amid racism row

The Reform UK leader said he was ‘unhappy’ with what Sarah Pochin had said

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23 h. ago Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK's Sarah Pochin of 'shocking racism' after she moaned about TV ads 'full of black people and Asian people'

The Prime Minister said there were 'questions' for Reform leader Nigel Farage following Ms Pochin's outburst.

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24 h. ago WATCH LIVE: Nigel Farage gives press conference amid Reform MP racism row

Nigel Farage is giving a press conference in London as pressure mounts on the Reform leader to suspend MP Sarah Pochin over comments about Black and Asian people

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39 h. ago Reform UK defends MP Sarah Pochin who was branded 'racist' when she complained about adverts 'full of black people, full of Asian people'

Zia Yusuf, head of party policy, said comments made by his 'close friend' Sarah Pochin should be put into context - and that she had made a 'valid point'.

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50 h. ago Streeting condemns Farage’s ‘deafening silence’ over ‘racist’ remarks from Reform MP

Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said: that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’

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51 h. ago Chris Philp repeatedly refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s comment on TV adverts ‘racist’

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refused to call comments Reform MP Sarah Pochin made about TV adverts “racist”.

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54 h. ago Reform MP Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after criticising ads 'full of Black people'

After sparking a backlash, Reform MP Sarah Pochin said she hadn't meant to offend anyone with her rant about diversity in advertising and the comments were 'phrased poorly'

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66 h. ago Grooming gang victims who quit inquiry hit back at joint letter sent by Sir Keir Starmer

Fiona Goddard (pictured) and Elizabeth Harper were among the four women who left the national probe's victim and survivors liaison panel this week.

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68 h. ago Reform MP says sorry after backlash when she complained about adverts 'full of black people, full of Asian people'

Sarah Pochin, who became the party's first MP when she won a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby this May, said her comments were 'phrased poorly' in an apology.

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2 d. ago Reform MP Sarah Pochin says it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’

Reform MP Sarah Pochin claimed it “drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people” during a live television phone in.

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7 d. ago Fact check: Newspaper front page is manipulated version of two

The front page has been edited to show Sir Keir Starmer being accused of lying, rather than Boris Johnson.

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7 d. ago Backlash as Reform MP Sarah Pochin refuses to rule out Falkland asylum plot

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin refused to rule out sending asylum seekers to the Falkland Islands or Gibraltar, raising further questions about Nigel Farage's immigration plans

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9 d. ago Bridget Phillipson blasts SNP for failing generation of young people

Phillipson, who is Keir Starmer's Education Secretary in England, accused Nats ministers of failing a generation of young Scots.

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1 week ago PMQs live: Starmer vows to publish China spy scandal witness statements in clash with Badenoch

At a fiery PMQs Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of ‘obfuscation’ over the China spy case

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2 w. ago Will Keir Starmer EVER recover from his viral humiliation by Trump in front of world? PM's efforts to bask in Gaza peace deal spectacularly backfire

Keir Starmer was accused of piggbacking on the breakthrough after he headed to Egypt for a signing ceremony.

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2 w. ago John Swinney vows to block 'ludicrous' digital ID cards in Scotland using Holyrood powers

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mail, the FM accused PM Keir Starmer of allowing Tony Blair to dictate UK Government policy.

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