'Nazi-row candidates will run'

NIGEL FARAGE said today that he was powerless to deselect Reform UK candidates who say that Britain should have done a deal with Hitler or that Islam equates to Nazism.

- Jitendra Joshi

After attacks on the campaign trail by milkshake and rocks, Mr Farage vowed to persist, insisting that the polls were close to a “tipping point” for Reform UK as he targets a reverse takeover of the Conservatives following a Labour win in the election.

But challenged about the social media views of some of the people standing as MPs for his insurgent party, the Brexit figurehead said it was too late to deselect them ahead of the July 4 election.