Nigel Farage has come below fireplace for claiming that Rishi Sunak doesn’t care about “our culture”.
Speaking after the Prime Minister left the D-Day eightieth anniversary occasions early, the Reform UK chief informed Sky News: “It shows the man doesn’t understand. He is not patriotic. He doesn’t care about our history, our culture.”
But Mr Farage was criticised by Labour’s Shabana Mahmood who accused him of participating in “dog whistle” politics.
Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the shadow justice secretary stated: “This is a classic Nigel Farage trick. Lean just far enough to signal a bit of a dog whistle and then lean straight back and sound perfectly reasonable…”
Tory cupboard minister Mel Stride added on the present: “I think they were deeply regrettable comments… I feel very uncomfortable with that.”
The Reform UK chief defended his feedback as he appeared on the present by way of video hyperlink from Clacton, the place he’s working as an election candidate.
He stated: “I know what your question is leading at – 40 per cent of our contribution in World War One and World War Two came from the Commonwealth.
“He is utterly disconnected by class, by privilege from how the ordinary folk in this country feel. He revealed that, I think spectacularly, when he left Normandy early.”
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