2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Reform blasts 'biased' BBC: Zia Yusuf makes official complaint after Question Time bosses 'stacked' audience with small boat migrants

Yusuf, the party's policy chief, said the broadcaster had created a situation he likened to asking 'convicted burglars to debate law and order'.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage hits out at BBC over small boat migrants in Question Time audience

Two men granted refugee status after arriving on small boats were in the Question Time audience for an immigration special edition of the show.

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. ago Reform's Zia Yusuf condemns BBC for ambushing him with questions from small boat migrants on Question Time

Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, appeared on the immigration special to debate the issue but was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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