It’s an effort to cast the Reform UK leader as far right when he and his party are mainstream. He should be judged on his actions today, not on schoolboy insults from half a century ago
By Stephen Pollard
The Reform UK leader says he ‘did not say the things that have been published’ and that he never ‘directly racially abused anyone’, but admitted that he may have ‘misspoken’
By Lorin Bell-Cross
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended Kevin Hollinrake, saying he was making a ‘joke’ at the rival party’s expense
By Ben Conway
Reform UK’s leader was questioned about accusations from former schoolmates, but insisted that he never ‘directly racially abused’ anyone
By contrast, support for the two main parties has fallen below 60 per cent – the lowest combined level ever recorded
By Siam Goorwich
Dr Alan Mendoza, husband of JLC chief executive Claudia Mendoza, is also a councillor on Westminster City Council
The party said the allegations from its leader’s former classmates, published in the Guardian, are part of an effort to ‘discredit’ him
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