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Nigel Farage Comments made by one of its MPs have been described as “ugly” as he complained that the adverts were “stuffy” Black and Asian people.
Improvement The UK leader said he was “displeased” with what Sarah Pochin said, but insisted her comments were not racist and said he would not take any further action against her.
“I understand the basic point, but the way she put it, the way she said it, was wrong and ugly, and if I thought the intent behind it was racist, I would have taken much more action than that,” he told a news conference in London on Monday.
During an appearance on TalkTV over the weekend, Ms. Pochin, MP for Runcorn and Helsby, Responding to a viewer who complained about the demographics of the ad, he said he thought the viewer was “absolutely right”.
She then added: “I go crazy when I see ads full of black people, full of Asian people.”
Mr Faraz said he was “unhappy” with what his MP said, but his comments were made in the context of “DEI madness” – a reference to measures taken by governments to ensure diversity, equality and inclusion.
came as sir keir starmer described Ms Pochin’s comments as “shocking racism”.
Asked whether the comments made by the MP were racist, the Prime Minister said: “This is shocking racism, and it’s the kind of thing that will divide our country – and that tells you everything about it Improvement,
They said that Mr Faraz Faces questions about it “because either he doesn’t think it’s racist, which is shocking in itself in my view, or he thinks it is racist and he has shown absolutely no leadership”.
Meanwhile, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip said the way Ms Pochin had expressed herself was “racist”.
Speaking to LBC, he said, “He should not have said that at all. It was completely wrong. He has apologised. I think the way he put it was racist, he should not have said that and it is right that he has apologised.”
Earlier on Monday, Labor wrote to Mr Farage asking him to “urgently clarify” whether he supported his comments and whether they were welcome to reform, while the Liberal Democrats have called for a censure motion in Parliament to formally condemn Ms Pochin’s words.
Speaking to TalkTV on Saturday, Ms Pochin explained her objection to “black and brown” people appearing in adverts, saying: “It doesn’t reflect our society and I think your average white person, average white family … is no longer represented.”
Mr Farage made his comments at a press conference in central London, where he said Parliament “must step up” and launch its own investigation into the grooming gang scandal.
He sat down with grooming gang scandal victim Ellie-Ann Reynolds, who resigned from the government inquiry last week. She talked about the “gaslighting” she faced while she was a panelist.
Mr Farage suggested a joint initiative by the Commons and Lords could lead to the launch of a special commission into the decades-old scandal. He told reporters that he planned to speak to Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle about the matter, and said he would also ask the Home Affairs Select Committee about the idea of a subcommittee that could investigate.
Ms Reynolds was among five women who resigned from the victims’ contact panel set up to inform a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. their departure, along with Defeat of two candidates chosen to chair the inquiryThis process was disrupted last week.
He said at the press conference that he faced a “very controlled environment” at the panel.
Ms Reynolds said: “It was very gaslighting and very manipulative. We all moved on [it] To do the right thing, and that was to seek justice, that was to find the truth, to not be silent anymore, and to be able to help in their future.