During a campaign event at a school in Teesside, Chung told reporters that her two daughters “wanted to see and hear people from Reform UK (an anti-immigration party) campaigning for Nigel Farage”. “. “It hurts me and it makes me angry, and I think he has some questions to answer,” she challenged.
“When you see candidates and activists using racist and misogynistic language and views in the Reform UK election campaign, without any criticism, it tells us something about the culture of the Reform Party,” he said.
The prime minister, who is a Hindu of Indian origin, was referring to racist comments recorded by an undercover reporter for Channel 4 television station. As well as hearing Sunak insulted, young British army recruiters suggested that illegal immigrants arriving in the UK be used for “target practice”.
For his part, Farage said he was “shocked” by the comments, but raised concerns about one of the authors of the comments, Andrew Parker, who he said was an actor.
He denied receiving money and assured that he was indeed an activist of the Reform Party, which removed all activists who filmed negative comments.
“The appalling sentiments expressed by some in these exchanges have no bearing on our views, the majority of our supporters or the views of Reform UK,” the party said in a statement.
The Reform Party is running against hundreds of candidates in England’s July 4 elections, hoping to draw voters away from the Conservative and Labor parties.
The party rejected several candidates after British media reported links to the far right or offensive views.
“One or two people let us down and we let them go,” Farage said at a campaign event on Thursday.
Of the other candidates who have been criticized, he opines that “in most cases they talk like normal people.”
Farage, a right-wing populist politician and ally of Donald Trump, rocked the election campaign when he announced his candidacy in early June.
During the campaign, Farage sought to center the election debate on immigration, particularly the tens of thousands of people who try to reach the UK each year in small boats across the English Channel.
Migrants, often asylum seekers fleeing poverty and conflict, make up a small part of total immigration to the UK, but the fight to stop the dangerous crossings has become an important political issue.
Opponents have long accused Farage of fostering racist attitudes towards immigrants and condemned what they call his scapegoating rhetoric.
Farage, 60, is making his eighth attempt to be elected to parliament after seven failed attempts.
Polls suggest he has a comfortable lead in the race to represent the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea in south-east England.
While Reform UK may win a handful of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, Farage promises to mount a “genuine” opposition to a Labor government if the Conservatives lose power after 14 years. power
A model strategy by the Reform Party of Canada that helped crush the Conservatives in the 1993 elections, before reshaping the Canadian right wing camp.
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