Earlier in the day, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage addressed a rally in Birmingham where he said his party would become the “voice of the opposition”.
He labelled the prime minister “slippery Sunak” and said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had the “charisma of a damp rag”.
Mr Farage admitted his party “had a few bad apples” but insisted: “The bad apples are gone.”
However, he also attacked Channel 4 and the production company it used to produce the report on Reform, which included footage of one of its canvassers, Andrew Parker, using a racial slur about the prime minister.
Another activist, George Jones, was also filmed making offensive comments. Reform has said Mr Jones is “no longer involved” in the party’s campaign.
While addressing supporters, Mr Farage reiterated his claim that Mr Parker was an actor and that the Channel 4 programme was part of the “biggest put-up job and smear campaign in my entire life”.
Responding to a similar attack from Mr Farage on Friday, Channel 4 said it stood by its “rigorous and duly impartial journalism”, adding that it met Mr Parker for the first time at Reform UK party headquarters and had not paid him any money.
In a statement, Mr Parker said he wanted to “apologise profusely to Nigel Farage and the Reform Party if my personal views have reflected badly on them and brought them into disrepute as this was not my intention”.
The has contacted Mr Jones for a comment.
