Farage blames vetting company after ITV News finds Reform candidates in offensive Facebook group

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Four Reform UK candidates are part of a Facebook group that regularly features Islamophobic and racist content, ITV News found.

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has strongly criticised a company hired to vet their party candidates, ITV News Political Correspondent Harry Horton reportsReform UK Leader Nigel Farage told ITV News on Tuesday that a vetting company is to blame for failing to do background checks on his candidates.

The deal with Vetting.com was supposed to cover background checks, including criminal records, social media posts, and adverse media checks on potential Reform UK candidates and donors. When contacted for comment, one Reform UK candidate in the group told ITV News: "I get many friend requests each day and sometimes I join to see what they are and even to see another point of view.

In response to hearing about this particular comment, Farage told ITV News on Tuesday: "If we'd found that out, you know what, we'd have found somebody better." Another candidate has repeatedly shared posts by English Defence League founder and far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson, most recently on June 11.

 

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