2 d. ago Reform MP accused of 'complete fabrication' over boxing club funding boast

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has been accused of 'complete fabrication' after incorrectly claiming she helped get funding for a charity boxing club in her constituency

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9 d. ago 'Racist' Reform and Tory rants called out by Black MP for dividing Britain

Labour MP Calvin Bailey who served more than 24 years in the Royal Air Force has hit out at 'racist' comments from Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin and Tory MP Robert Jenrick

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2 w. ago Shabana Mahmood has brutal dig at Reform MP Sarah Pochin amid calls for racism probe

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had a barbed dig at Nigel Farage's trusted lieutenant Sarah Pochin after 35 MPs demanded a standards probe accusing her of racism

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2 w. ago Reform MP’s advert comments risk normalising ‘flagrant racism’ – Lammy

Sarah Pochin apologised for causing offence after saying she was ‘driven mad’ by seeing ‘adverts full of black and Asian people’.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. ago Reform MP apologises after hitting out at adverts ‘full of black people’

She said her comments were "phrased poorly" but insisted that many adverts are "unrepresentative of British society".

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Reform UK MP apologises after hitting out at adverts ‘full of black people’

Sarah Pochin later said her comments had been "phrased poorly".

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago National Lottery hit by glitch as organisers are forced to apologise for delays to Saturday night draw

Tonight's National Lottery draw has been delayed due to a technical glitch, forcing organisers to apologise for disruptions to Saturday night's draw. 

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