Will the racism in Reform topple Nigel Farage?
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Will the racism in Reform topple Nigel Farage?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 202637 min
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The day he was elected for the first time as MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage promised to root out the "few bad apples" from Reform. Farage told the country: "We’ll never have any of their type back in the organisation, you can have my promise on that”. ITV's latest piece undercover in Reform shows just how hollow that promise was. Their own MP Sarah Pochin condemns the "chauvinist" attitude in the party. A man who failed Reform's vetting for sharing Tommy Robinson posts reveals he was called up and asked to stand for the party. And, perh...

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This is a global production. But above all, what we are going to do from today is we are going to professionalise the party, we are going to democratise the party and those few bad apples that have crept in will be gone, will be long gone and we will never have any of their type back in our

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organization you have the 100% promise on that. My 100% promise on that. Promise made, promise broken Mr Faraj because that was in 2024 and what we've been treated to over the past couple of nights is a slew of allegations of racist, homophobic, misogynist councillors that are still there. The ITV undercover investigation is continuing to produce some extraordinary

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undercover footage of how reform really works from the inside. Is Nigel Farage about to get caught in its trap? Welcome to the News Agents. The News Agents. It's John.

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