https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trevor-philips-destroys-nigel-farage-with-one-devastating-question_uk_668129d6e4b08dc39c8317bbThe Reform UK leader rejected the accusation that his party is a home for racists
Nigel Farage clashed with Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips after he was asked why Reform UK attracts “racists, homophobes and anti-Semites”.The pair faced off against each other after the party was forced to ditch three candidates accused of making offensive statements.
Farage distanced himself from Edward Oakenfull, Robert Lomas and Leslie Lilley during a brutal grilling on the BBC’s Question Time on Friday night.
Reform UK has also gone to war with Channel 4 after it broadcast secretly recorded footage showing one of the party’s canvassers, Andrew Parker, advocating shooting people arriving in the UK on small boats across the Channel.Farage has insisted it was a “set-up” because Parker is an actor - claims denied by the broadcaster.
On Sunday Morning With Trevor Philips, the presenter asked him: “Do you ever ask yourself this question, in the words of the immortal Mrs Merton, what was it about you, Nigel Farage, that first attracted these racists and homophobes and anti-Semites to your party?” Farage, who took over as Reform UK leader earlier this month, replied: “The candidates that we’re kicking out came when I wasn’t there, that’s the first point to make.”
