A Reform UK canvasser has been filmed describing Rishi Sunak, the first prime minister of colour, as a ‘f****** p***’.
While out pounding the pavement for Nigel Farage in Clacton, Essex, Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur, among other inflammatory remarks.
In the undercover footage taken by Channel 4, Parker also said asylum seekers crossing the English Channel should be used as ‘target practice’.
Farage has stressed that the ‘appalling sentiments expressed by some in these exchanges bear no relation to my own views’, with both volunteers dropped.
Elsewhere, there have been further twists in the ongoing gambling saga, with politicians and police being investigated for alleged General Election date bets.
With only six days left until the big day, Keir Starmer is making the media rounds and has said the Reform UK volunteer’s comments were ‘clearly racist’.
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