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<\/p>\n‘I told him that the poster was an absolute disgrace and that he should be \u2018ashamed of himself\u2019.<\/p>\n
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With Nigel Farage flying high, and his Reform Party looking to capitalise on discontent and political apathy among the electorate, it\u2019s worth reminding readers about Farage\u2019s beliefs and what he really stands for.<\/strong><\/p>\n Farage, who has made clear his views on opposing immigration and multiculturalism has often drawn criticism for his dog-whistles and inflammatory rhetoric.<\/p>\n Many will recall the \u2018Breaking point\u2019 poster\u2019 during the Brexit campaign, which showed a photograph of Syrian refugees near the Croatia-Slovenia border in 2015, with the caption \u201cbreaking point\u201d and \u201cthe EU has failed us all\u201d.<\/p>\n The poster was condemned by many at the time from across the political spectrum, with many labelling it racist and divisive.<\/p>\n Speaking to PoliticsJoe, journalist and commentator Iain Dale recalled how he confronted Farage over his racist posters.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cSome politicians, including Nigel Farage, especially Nigel Farage, said that the country\u2019s full up. Well it wasn\u2019t and isn\u2019t, if you have the right infrastructure. 7% of the land of this country is built on, 7%. So it\u2019s a very easy argument to demolish.\u201d<\/p>\n Referring to the breaking point poster, Dale said: \u201cWhen he put out that poster with the queue of Albanians coming in or something\u2026I thought what an absolute disgrace, and he used to do the programme before me on LBC, and the day that poster was released, I thought do you know what I\u2019m going to take him on on that.\u201d<\/p>\n Dale said that when he and Farage were both on LBC, before the handover between the pair, he really laid in to him over the poster, and told him that the poster was an absolute disgrace and that he should be \u2018ashamed of himself\u2019.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cFrom time to time, he will do things or say things that appeal to the worst instincts of some of the electorate, and I find that unforgivable.\u201d<\/p>\n Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n
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