Reform UK activist filmed labelling PM with racial slur

A Reform UK activist described prime minister Rishi Sunak as a “f****** p***” while campaigning for the party's leader Nigel Farage.

- ALEXANDER BUTLER

Party activist Andrew Parker was caught using the racial slur while canvassing in Clacton, Essex, where Mr Farage is standing as an MP in the general election.

Mr Farage told Channel 4 News that he was “dismayed” and he and some other objectionable candidates “will no longer be with the campaign”.

The undercover Channel 4 news investigation comes after Reform UK dropped its candidate in Basingstoke, Hampshire, when it was revealed he was once a member of the British National Party.

Mr Parker, who was filmed by Channel 4 News, said: “I’ve always been a Tory voter. But what annoys me is that f****** p*** we’ve got in. What good is he? You tell me, you know. He’s just wet. F****** useless”.

Mr Farage said he was “dismayed” by the comments and claimed the activist had been removed from his party’s local campaign.

Mr Parker also went on to suggest army recruits should carry out “target practice” on migrants arriving on small boats across the English Channel.