
Farage’s Reform UK Calls for Election Watchdog to Investigate Undercover Sting
Published on June 29, 2024
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has reported Channel 4 to the elections watchdog, claiming the broadcaster used an actor as a “plant” in its undercover investigation into his campaign. The broadcaster has denied that Andrew Parker, who was filmed using a racial slur to describe Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, was paid by or known to Channel 4 News before the exposé on Mr. Farage’s General Election campaign in the constituency of Clacton. But Reform, in a letter to the Electoral Commission, said it was “wholly unbelievable” for it to be a coincidence and Channel 4’s piece “cannot be described as anything short of election interference.”...
