Farage claims campaigners' video was 'planted' – as broadcaster 'stands strongly for rigorous and neutral journalism'
Nigel Farage, the chief of the UK Reform, is going through questions on a BBC Query Time leaders particular this night, and he was first requested: “What’s it about you and your occasion that draws racists and extremists, if you happen to say you need them or not?”
The query obtained loud applause and cheers from the viewers.
Farage responded that he “has executed extra to drive the far proper out of British politics than anybody else alive” – to some jeers within the viewers.
He stated he “acquired the BNP” and has by no means allowed extremists to affix his events.
Addressing the Channel four report which confirmed reform campaigners in his workplace making racist feedback in regards to the Prime Minister and homophobic feedback, Farage stated: “What occurred during the last weekend was actually astonishing.
“A tirade of insulting abuse on the prime minister – I imply, the entire thing was unbelievable.”
However Farage continued to say it was “not true” and claimed the campaigner filmed in his workplace calling Rishi Sunak a “P***” was some sort of plant.
“Let me inform you, from the second he confirmed up in that workplace in Clacton and I noticed him, he was appearing from the beginning.”
Farage continued to double down when pushed, claiming this was a “political set-up of astonishing proportions”.
“I don't need something to do with folks like him and he has nothing to do with us. He's somebody who confirmed up. We didn't know who he was.”
A Channel four Information spokesman stated: “We stand firmly by our rigorous and neutral journalism, which speaks for itself.
“We first met Mr Parker on the UK headquarters of the Reform occasion, the place he was a frontrunner of the Reform occasion.
“We didn’t pay UK Reform journal or anybody else for this report. Mr Parker was not identified to Channel four Information and was secretly filmed via an undercover operation.”