Starmer ‘shocked’ by Reform volunteers’ racist and homophobic comments
Labour leader says incident is a test of Nigel Farage’s leadership and control over his party’s cultureUK election live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has said he was “shocked” by racist and homophobic comments made by Reform UK canvassers in front of an undercover reporter for Channel 4 News, saying the incident would prove a test of Nigel Farage’s leadership.The Labour leader condemned the comments by Andrew Parker and George Jones, who were filmed by the reporter while canvassing for the Reform leader in Clacton, where he is running to be MP. Parker was filmed calling the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a “fucking [P-word]”, while Jones called the Pride flag “degenerate”. Continue reading...
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Labour leader says incident is a test of Nigel Farage’s leadership and control over his party’s culture
Keir Starmer has said he was “shocked” by racist and homophobic comments made by Reform UK canvassers in front of an undercover reporter for Channel 4 News, saying the incident would prove a test of Nigel Farage’s leadership.
The Labour leader condemned the comments by Andrew Parker and George Jones, who were filmed by the reporter while canvassing for the Reform leader in Clacton, where he is running to be MP. Parker was filmed calling the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a “fucking [P-word]”, while Jones called the Pride flag “degenerate”. Continue reading...
