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Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?

Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations.

The Conversation

Starmer brands Farage ‘spineless’ amid claims about his schooldays

The prime minister urged the Reform leader to ‘explain the alleged comments’ as soon as possible

The Independent UK

Starmer accuses ‘spineless’ Farage of failure to tackle racism in Reform party

PM says Reform UK leader also has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged racist comments and chants at school

The Guardian - UK

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Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters

The Guardian - UK

Court hears allegation of Labour fraud after Reform UK Runcorn by-election win

The result of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election is being challenged by English Constitution Party candidate Graham Moore.

Evening Standard

Candidate tells court of ‘fraud’ at by-election count won by Reform MP

Graham Moore, of the English Constitution Party, has launched a legal challenge against the Runcorn and Helsby by-election result.

Evening Standard

Reform MP loses Court of Appeal bid to throw out challenge to by-election result

Graham Moore, a losing candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election in May, has launched a legal challenge against the result.

Evening Standard

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Reform MP’s advert comments risk normalising ‘flagrant racism’ – Lammy

Sarah Pochin apologised for causing offence after saying she was ‘driven mad’ by seeing ‘adverts full of black and Asian people’.

Evening Standard

Farage reclaims centre stage as Reform’s Sarah Pochin keeps the world at bay

Nige suffers through lacklustre PMQs to seize the spotlight with drive-by demand to get further away from Europe

The Guardian - UK

Racism, intent and the diversity in TV adverts

Letters: Readers respond to the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin’s remarks about ‘adverts full of black people, full of Asian people’

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Pochin’s Comments About ‘Adverts Full of Black and Asian People’ Reveal a Troubling Backlash Against Diversity

Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s remarks about diversity in advertising have sparked outrage—and raised questions about how rhetoric once confined to the political fringes is entering the mainstream.

Marie Claire

I was spat on for being Black – but Britain is not racist, says David Lammy

Deputy PM hit out at Reform MP’s remarks over adverts, warning they marked return to ‘flagrant racism’

The Independent UK

Reform wheels out Danny Kruger, the ‘brains’ of Nigel Farage’s operation

A man with no experience of government is to prepare the party … to govern. What could possibly go wrong?

The Guardian - UK

It’s the noblest battle of our new free-speech age: Sarah Pochin’s anti-woke couch ad crusade

The Reform MP was driven ‘mad’ by the number of black and Asian people on the telly. What totally settled non-issue will her party tackle next, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Evening Standard

Reform’s Kruger vows to change Civil Service code to ban ‘woke agenda’

The Tory convert said Nigel Farage’s party would cut Civil Service headcount and close five government buildings if it won the next general election.

The Guardian - UK

Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them

Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party

The Guardian - UK

Reform MP’s claim about ‘adverts full of black and Asian people’ omits profitability for companies

Sarah Pochin’s anger not shared by brands who find that more diversity in commercials is great for their bottom line

The Guardian - UK

How the free speech debate stops us from stating the bleeding obvious

The Sarah Pochin controversy has ignited another row over how nasty people are allowed to be before they get ‘cancelled’. It’s an insidious distraction, writes Zoe Williams

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The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist

Reform MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’

The Independent UK

Reform MP’s remarks ‘ugly’ but intention was not racist, Farage says

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin were ‘ugly’ and ‘wrong’ but resisted calls to remove the whip.

Evening Standard

Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but not racist, Farage says

Mr Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin should be read in the context of ‘DEI madness’

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage brands Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but insists she’s not racist

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘unhappy’ with Sarah Pochin’s comments on Black and Asian people in adverts but that he ‘understands the basic point’ and will not take further action

Evening Standard

Farage faces calls to remove whip from Reform’s Pochin amid racism row

Labour has written to Mr Farage calling him to suspend the MP, while the Liberal Democrats have sought to formally rebuke the remarks in Parliament.

Evening Standard

Racism of 70s and 80s back on the streets of London, warns Cabinet minister Wes Streeting

The Ilford North Labour MP stressed he had thought that such abuse had been confined to the ‘history books’

The Guardian - UK

Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts were ‘racist’, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ‘doesn’t reflect our society’

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