Cleverly accuses Farage of being politician just for the 'clicks, likes and content'

Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly has attacked Nigel Farage, telling him to choose between being a “serious politician or a social media content creator”.

- KATE DEVLIN

The shadow home secretary accused the Reform UK leader of making statements designed to “generate traffic” as riots erupted across the country. Mr Farage has been widely criticised for his claims of “two-tier policing”, echoing the language of a right-wing conspiracy theory, and his remarks about the Southport stabbings.

Mr Cleverly said: “I think some of the things that he has framed as questions are clearly designed to generate traffic, generate digital content. And he needs to decide, is he a politician, a serious politician, or is he a social media content creator? As politicians, we have a duty to think very, very carefully about what we do and very, very carefully about what we say.”