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Reform UK campaigners caught making racist slurs
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"He added it was “not like in London, when you’re a foreigner in your own country” and “if you say hello to anyone” they look like they are about to “knife you in the face”.BBC News has been unable to verify this man’s identity and is attempting to contact him.During the conversation senior Reform UK campaigner Rob Bates says the party has “spent double” the legal spending limit during its campaign to get Mr Farage elected.Mr Bates later told Channel 4 News that his comment was a joke and clarified that he is not responsible for campaign spending.Reform UK told the programme that campaign spending is “well within the legal spending limits”.Footage broadcast by Channel 4 shows further racist, homophobic and Islamophobic slurs apparently being made by Andrew Parker, identified as a canvasser for Mr Farage, who used a racial slur to refer to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is of Indian descent.
Mr Parker is also heard describing Islam as “the most disgusting cult out” and suggesting army recruits should carry out “target practice” by shooting at small boats bringing illegal migrants to the UK.At one point Mr Parker tells voters Reform would be “kicking all the Muslims out of the mosques and turning them into Wetherspoons”.During campaigning, he advises the undercover reporter to use the term “illegal” when discussing immigration, especially when addressing non-white households.Ahead of the publication of the footage, Mr Parker made a statement to Channel 4 claiming “neither Nigel Farage personally or the Reform Party are aware of my personal views on immigration”.Mr Parker said: “I have never discussed immigration with either Nigel Farage or the Reform Party and that any comments made by me during those recordings are my own personal views on any subject I commented on.
“I would therefore like to apologise profusely to Nigel Farage and the Reform Party if my personal views have reflected badly on them and brought them into disrepute as this was not my intention.
"Well, compare that to the international price fixing and betting ring that is the modern day Conservative Party.
“All parties in such a short campaign are having to deal with the challenges of working with many activists they may not have met before,” Mr Harris added.
"The other general election candidates standing in Clacton can be found here.Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer called the comments “clearly racist”, and claimed the scandal was a test of Mr Farage’s leadership.
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