Reform feels the heat after 'racist and homophobic' outbursts by candidates

NIGEL FARAGE'S Reform UK was hit with a growing wave of criticism for comments by some of its candidates and activists which were slammed as "racist and disgraceful".

- Nicholas Cecil

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan also said Mr Farage's claim that the West had provoked the Ukraine war had "cut through" to voters in the UK.

She spoke out after a Reform campaigner was recorded saying migrants trying to cross the Channel in "small boats" should be used as "target practice".

Speaking on GB News, Ms Keegan said: "The Reform Party will show up differently in different parts of the country. What actually shows up a lot about the Reform Party is some of their disgraceful comments, either their racist comments, or their comments about women.