Britain may be broken, as Nigel Farage’s campaign declares. But what it absolutely does not need is Reform. Farage’s company-cum-political party is not the answer to any of the UK’s ills. It relies on fostering fear and intolerance, sowing division, and it longs for a country devoid of difference – whether in colour, religion, or sexual orientation.
Even before the release of Channel 4 News’s ten-minute film on 27 June, which appears to show a party activist using the most vile of racist abuse, we knew what kind of candidates believed they had a home in Reform UK. If it were the case of “one or two slip[ping] through the net that shouldn’t have done” – as Farage has claimed (and as has happened with the other parties) – it would be unfair to dwell on this. But it isn’t.
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