28 m. ago 'Terrifying' scenes of masked Muslim protesters on the streets of east London like a 'foreign invading army', claims Nigel Farage

The Reform UK leader today condemned the scenes of balaclava-clad men who declared they were 'uniting' while chanting a series of messages in Arabic.

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32 m. ago London could be 'last great grooming scandal to be uncovered', Nigel Farage warns

The Reform UK leader (pictured, with survivor Ellie Reynolds) accused the Labour mayor of denying the existence of grooming gangs in the capital.

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4 h. ago Nigel Farage reveals why he's 'pretty bloomin' happy with Caerphilly by

The Reform UK leader insisted his party's second-place result was not a disappointment

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5 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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7 h. ago Nigel Farage says Reform MP's TV advert comments 'ugly' but not racist

In a press conference in London, Nigel Farage repeatedly resisted calls to discipline the Runcorn and Helsby MP, who has faced condemnation from across the political spectrum

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7 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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8 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: No doubt I'll be called racist for this, but ethnic minorities ARE absurdly over

Reform MP Sarah Pochin has been forced to apologise for saying the overwhelming predominance of black and Asian actors in TV adverts 'drives me mad'.

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8 h. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs to set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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9 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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9 h. ago Farage calls for Parliament grooming commission as survivor blasts Government

The Reform leader suggested a joint initiative by both the Commons and Lords could lead to the launch of a special commission into the scandal.

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9 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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10 h. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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10 h. ago Nigel Farage conference LIVE: Reform UK leader delivers statement on grooming gangs inquiry

The press conference comes as the grooming gangs scandal deepens and outrage grows over the early release of a sex attacker and soaring asylum hotel bills

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10 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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11 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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11 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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11 h. ago Farage faces calls to remove whip from Reform’s Pochin amid racism row

Labour has written to Mr Farage calling him to suspend the MP, while the Liberal Democrats have sought to formally rebuke the remarks in Parliament.

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12 h. ago Nigel Farage under pressure to kick out Reform MP Sarah Pochin in racism row

Anna Turley, who chairs the Labour Party, has written to Nigel Farage saying his silence is 'deafening' and calling on him to withdraw the whip from Sarah Pochin today

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13 h. ago Nigel Farage press conference LIVE: Reform UK Leader to deliver statement on grooming gangs inquiry

The press conference comes as the grooming gangs scandal deepens and outrage grows over the early release of a sex attacker and soaring asylum hotel bills

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19 h. ago No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye

In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot?’ Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’Cast your mind back to the furore when the shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, was revealed to have said that he “didn’t see another white face” in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. It was reported as if it would be of real consequence to his political future – but enough time has passed, I figure, to confirm that it was not. Why did some seriously consider this a turning point? Because Jenrick had said something genuinely explicit and unambiguous – no dog whistle, no gesture, no disguise, no metaphor. Though he claimed “it’s not about skin colour”, it was a naked reference to race and an evident rebuke to British communities where there was a predominance of people of colour.The lack of consequence, however, was unsurprising, because within the public sphere the question of racism has been rigged for quite some time and the rules around who get...

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