11 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of turning 'blind eye' to racism after candidate's Lammy attack

Labour's chairwoman Anna Turley has written to Nigel Farage demanding Chris Parry is removed as a candidate after it emerged he said David Lammy should 'go home' to the Caribbean

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42 h. ago Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing itJust as I was starting to write this column, an email alert popped up on my screen. “Punters back Nigel for prime minister after Keir Starmer,” it read, placing the Reform leader second in the odds market after Wes Streeting. What a weird, dissonant duality this is. Nigel Farage is in his fourth week of revelations about alleged racist behaviour at school, and yet, here we are. This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo. In my mind it manifests like a battle of physical forces, acting on one another. Journalistic investigations, testimonies, whistleblowers, all as a sort of storm that blows on a political actor who may be knocked off his feet, but still m...

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8 d. ago Reform leader Nigel Farage's campaign 'reported to police' over election spending rules

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's campaign has been accused of falsely reporting election expenses during his eighth bid to become an MP in Clacton at the 2024 General Election

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage ‘reported to police’ after Reform accused of falsifying campaign expenses

Both Labour and the Conservatives said Nigel Farage had questions to answer over the allegations, with the Reform leader being urged to ‘come clean’

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage’s election campaign in Clacton accused of breaching spending rules

Reports say the Reform UK leader’s campaign has been accused of falsely reporting his election expenses during his bid to become an MP last year.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage accused of false claims on sex attacks at Reform rally in Falkirk

Cops said the Reform chief's claims of 'three serious sexual assaults in Falkirk in the last week' - used to criticise asylum seekers - were inaccurate.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage accused of telling pupil to 'go back to Africa'

Yinka Bankole claimed he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Nigel Farage singled him out for abuse, and that he was speaking out after the Reform UK leader dismissed the allegations

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1 week ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf questioned by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf ambushed by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' attack on BBC double standards as he turns tables on broadcaster after it accuses him of racism

The Reform UK leader has been dogged by questions from the corporation about alleged schoolboy racism, which he denies.

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1 week ago Furious Nigel Farage threatens to boycott the BBC as he accuses the corporation of 'astonishing double standards' in racism row

The Reform UK leader has been dogged by questions from the corporation about alleged schoolboy racism, which he denies.

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2 w. ago Three former Tory MPs defect to Nigel Farage's Reform accusing Kemi Badenoch's party of 'losing trust' of voters

Jonathan Gullis - the ex-MP for Stoke-on-Trent North - said he was abandoning the Conservatives after 18 years to join Nigel Farage's insurgents.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage blasted over 'Russia problem' as minister launches blistering attack

Business Secretary Peter Kyle accused Nigel Farage of 'talking out of both sides of his mouth' as he claimed there is a pro-Russia 'culture' inside Reform UK

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3 w. ago Starmer calls Farage ‘spineless’ over tackling racism in Reform party

Prime minister says Reform UK leader has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged comments at school which included songs about HolocaustKeir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of being “spineless” when it comes to tackling racism in his party after the Guardian revealed allegations he made xenophobic and antisemitic comments while he was at school.The prime minister said the Reform UK leader had “questions to answer” about the comments and chants alleged, which included songs about the Holocaust and accusations of bullying towards ethnic minority schoolboys. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Starmer calls Farage ‘spineless’ over failure to tackle racism in Reform party

PM says Reform UK leader also has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged racist comments and chants when at school UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of being “spineless” when it comes to tackling racism in his party after the Guardian revealed allegations he made xenophobic and antisemitic comments while he was at school.The prime minister said the Reform UK leader had “questions to answer” about the alleged comments and chants, which include songs about the Holocaust and accusations of bullying towards minority ethnic schoolboys. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer calls on Nigel Farage to explain ‘disturbing’ school racism accusations

The Clacton MP has emphatically denied the allegations

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer has spiky jab at Nigel Farage after Reform MP's 'dog whistle' rant

Keir Starmer lashed out at Nigel Farage after Reform chief whip Lee Anderson accused Labour of engaging in 'dog whistle' politics in a tense PMQs spat

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4 w. ago Nigel Farage accused of racism and antisemitism while at school

The Reform UK leader is facing fresh allegations over his time at Dulwich college in south London, with his peers claiming he made pro-Hitler comments and joked about gas chambers

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