Nigel Farage has issued a direct message to Channel 4 after accusing the broadcaster of an election “stitch-up” following the release of its Reform UK racism report.
Farage, who was speaking to the populist party’s supporters at the NEC in Birmingham, pointed out how a YouGov poll showed Reform UK were outperforming the Liberal Democrats among ethnic minority voters.
He said: “Channel 4, listen to this, YouGov polling published this morning, Reform UK is now polling higher with British ethnic minorities than the Liberal Democrats.”
Following a rapturous round of applause, the Reform UK leader added: “So, Channel 4, put that in your bloody pipe and smoke it.”
The YouGov opinion poll found Reform UK is hoovering up seven per cent support from ethnic minority voters, one per cent more than the Liberal Democrats.
The only minority ethnic group Reform UK is trailing the Liberal Democrats with is amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshis voters.