andrew parker has told _ whole thing is a total setup.rew parker has told us tonight _ whole thing is a total setup. andrew parker has told us tonight he - whole thing is a total setup. andrew parker has told us tonight he does l parker has told us tonight he does not want to comment. he has done some acting in the past but today, we found no evidence he was acting in the covert recording. channel 4 news have said, we strongly stand by our rigorous and due impartial journalism which speaks for itself. we met mr parkerfor journalism which speaks for itself. we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk party headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform canvasser. we did not pay the reform canvasser or anyone else in this report. he was filmed covertly via the undercover operation. nigel farage has been trying to get here for decades but he and his team know the distractions of the past couple of days have the potential to damage their campaign at precisely the moment when many floating voters are finall

and andrew parker, he told pa media that of course he regretted what he said.e talked about how he's old school, that he's not a racist, talked about how it was typical chaps down the pub chat. and he said that his work as an actor is separate to his work as a reform activist. and let's listen to how some of that actually played out on the airwaves today. you can hear now the prime minister doing his clip to broadcasters, where he said all of this, and he did repeat the slur. now you will hear it bleeped because we as an organisation don't want to broadcast the word again. but, as nick was saying, he did repeat it when he actually spoke on camera. and this is how it sounded. when my two daughters have to see and hear reform people who campaign for nigel farage calling me ar- it hurts - and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer, and i don't repeat those words lightly. you know, i do so deliberately because this is too important not to call out clearly for what it is. and kirsty, isuppose there's two things there. there's our decision as

i should also say andrew parker says that he hadn't made his views known to reform uk and apologise forgations, though, are about homophobic comments. a police car appears to go past and this footage filmed by channel 4 news displaying a pride flag and there are some homophobic comments that are made by a more senior figure, slightly closer to nigel farage, someone who he has known. nigel farage has again said that that person won't be working on his campaign infuture. but he described the comments initially as crass and then kind of had to be pushed into admitting that perhaps they could be described as homophobic. so his response on the one hand to the racist language really quite clear—cut, less clear cut around some of the other accusations, perhaps. but this is something that nigel farage clearly doesn't want to be seen to be associated with as he is standing for the eighth time to try to become an mp. and nigel farage says he's sorry if anyone has been offended by the comments. a lot of what has been said is nonsense, a lot of it is the way people talk. where i find people that we

i should also say andrew parker says that he hadn't made his views known to reform uk and apologise fors, though, are about homophobic comments. a police car appears to go past and this footage filmed by channel for news displaying a pride flag and there are some homophobic comments that are some homophobic comments that are made by a more seniorfigure, slightly closer to nigel farage, someone who he has known. nigel farage has again said that that person won't be working on his campaign infuture. person won't be working on his campaign in future. but he described the commons initially as crass and then kind of had to be pushed into admitting that perhaps they could be described as homophobic. so his response on the one hand to the racist language really quite clear—cut, less clear cut around some of the other accusations, perhaps. but this is something that nigel farage clearly doesn't want to be seen to be associated with as he is standing for the eighth time to try to become an mp.— is standing for the eighth time to try to become an mp. briefly. tell us a little bit _ try to become

andrew parker was seen up.aking a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insisted he was goaded into making them . was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is to win the election. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better for soldiers and their families . better for soldiers and their families. meanwhile, better for soldiers and their families . meanwhile, the prime families. meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day. rishi sunak will claim his is the only party to meet the help for heroes veterans pledge. the pledge requires parties to commit to keeping th

andrew parker was recorded making a series of offensive remarks.nsists he was goaded into making them the prime minister says it's part of a pattern of behaviour, a warning the following clip contains some offensive language i >> -- >> when 5mm hm >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform, people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an effing it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour . behaviour. >> well, earlier nigel farage says that the comments have no place in the party and describes the secretly recorded video as a setup . setup. >> someone told us he was an actor, we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it

reform uk continues to insist that andrew parker, who was heard making a racial slur against the primeell as making other racist remarks, reform uk are continuing to insist that he was a setup, ringo, an actor, that it was staged, and reform uk has britain to the electoral commission this afternoon complaining about that. channel 4 emphatically stand by theirjournalism. we channel 4 emphatically stand by theirjournalism._ channel 4 emphatically stand by theirjournalism. their “ournalism. we are going to look theirjournalism. we are going to look at some _ theirjournalism. we are going to look at some of the _ theirjournalism. we are going to look at some of the background i theirjournalism. we are going to. look at some of the background as some of the reaction from the other parties. let's take a look at this report from my colleague damien galacticos. i've always been a tory voter... still causing reverberations, the undercover filming from channel 4 of reform uk canvassers. one suggested gay people were paedophiles. another, this man, andrew parker, suggested people crossing the cha

they have to weed out people like andrew parker. is true that he was, he was a campaigner. people like him have to go. i will say there are there have been countless stories of conservative candidates and indeed conservative campaigners saying equally horrendous things. >> so and we've also had anti—semitism on the labour, on the labour party side. >> exactly. we've got islamophobia, anti—semitism, and clearly elements of racism. clearly there are grass roots , clearly there are grass roots, organisations and grass roots parties that actually have those kind of things occurring within the institutions. i don't i don't think it's necessarily nigel's fault. i was talking to somebody the other day who was effectively saying, i would vote for nigel farage if this was a presidential election, but the crooks and the and the and the, the corruption that is occurring as a result of the rest of the party means i won't vote reform for my local candidate. >> briefly. roger, if you can. >> briefly. roger, if you can. >> i think it's outrageous.

andrew parker said he hadn't previously discussed his personal views with representatives from reform disrepute. nigel farage has suggested already that comments such as this, as people hear about them, may have an impact on people. a willingness to vote for his party. this is his eighth time trying to become an mp and he wants to distance himself from this kind of comments. we distance himself from this kind of commem— distance himself from this kind of comments. ~ . ., . ., comments. we can hear from much of our share and — comments. we can hear from much of our share and he _ comments. we can hear from much of our share and he says _ comments. we can hear from much of our share and he says he _ comments. we can hear from much of our share and he says he is _ comments. we can hear from much of our share and he says he is sorry - comments. we can hear from much of our share and he says he is sorry if- our share and he says he is sorry if anybody has been offended. a lot our share and he says he is sorry if anybody has been offended. a lot of what has been _ anybody has been offended.

andrew parker was seen comments.ng a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak says it's part of a broader pattern of behaviour. well, tonight nigel farage has reiterated the comments have no place in his party and has doubled down on his claims. a secretly recorded video is a set up, a channel 4 spokesperson says they strongly stand by what they called rigorous and duly impartial journalism to the us now and president joe biden says he intends to win the election in his first public event since his struggle during last night's television debate. he's just been speaking at a rally in the last couple of hours in north carolina, where democrats are hoping to win the state back from republicans this november, he claimed america itself is at stake and accused former us president donald trump of repeatedly lying and said he has the morals of an alley cat after his own shaky performance during the debate last night, president biden directly ad

andrew parker has not returned our calls.done some acting in the past, but we found no evidence he was acting in the covert recording. channel 4 news have said... whatever nigel farage and his team claim about a setup, they know the revelations of the past 2a hours have the potential to distract from and even damage their campaign at precisely the moment when many floating voters are finally making up their minds. he's just got too much to say, and a lot of it isjust nonsense, i think. i was very impressed. would you vote for him? maybe. nigel farage�*s next attempt at persuading voters is tonight's question time leaders' special. joe pike, bbc news, west london. and you can see a full list of the candidates standing in the clacton constituency on your screen now. and here's fiona with details of that question time special. the leaders of the four main parties got the question time treatment last week. this week it's the turn of the co—leader of the greens, adrian ramsay, and reform uk's nigel farage, whose party has been a b

andrew parker has not returned our calls.st, but we found no evidence he was acting in the covert recording. channel 4 news have said... whatever nigel farage and his team claim about a setup, they know the revelations of the past 2a hours have the potential to distract from and even damage their campaign at precisely the moment when many floating voters are finally making up their minds. he's just got too much to say, and a lot of it isjust nonsense, i think. i was very impressed. would you vote for him? maybe. nigel farage's next attempt at persuading voters is tonight's question time leaders' special. joe pike, bbc news, west london. you can see a full list of all the candidates standing in the clacton constituency, and it's also on the bbc news website. well, after the channel 4 investigation into reform uk, eyes will be on nigel farage when he takes part in a question time leaders special which also features green party co—leader adrian ramsay in birmingham. let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller, who's

take a look at this . this. >> hello, my name is andrew parker. >> i'm extremely experienced actor.'ve been in plenty of films. i've worked with quite a lot of a—listed actors. i've done a lot in pinewood studios, a lot in warner brothers. i've also been flown over to serbia to be involved as a character in a video game. i've done virgin train adverts and many more. perhaps you'd like to give me a ring or give me a try. thank you . if i had my way , this lot . if i had my way, this lot would be out of here. i'm telling you, absolute waste of drinking space. the whole lot of them think they're some sort of brad pitt, or they're doing some big movie scene somewhere. most of them wouldn't be good enough at the church telly, nativity play at the church telly, nativity play , wasting my time . play, wasting my time. >> there he is, trying his rough voice, which you'll also recognise from the channel four undercover sting. according to nigel farage, mr parker has already appeared in channel 4 shows and incredibly describes himself as an expert in secret filming reform, have now made an of

what do you make to it all this whole bizarreness as well, about this guy andrew parker.hen you start digging into it , it really mean, when you start digging into it, it really is very odd. the voice that he uses on his so—called show reel asking for work versus the voice that he seems to be deploying on this so—called undercover, filming two very, very different things. and of course, he does less rough speaking and secret filming as two of his specialities all very , very odd, specialities all very, very odd, if you ask me again, i'll end on the note. that channel 4, rejects any wrongdoing at all. what do you think to it all? get in touch and tell me. hello there. i'm michelle dewberry. this is dewbs & co with dewberry. this is dewbs& co with you till 7:00 tonight. alongside me. i've got the former tory mp craig mackinlay and the former defence secretary, geoff hoon. good evening. welcome back , good evening. welcome back, everybody. now, you might have noficed everybody. now, you might have noticed that there was an interesting debate taking place at the early hours to

i andrew parker has told us tonight he does not want to comment.hat's the future i foresee. that i'm afraid i have to cut you off there. he has survived many similar storms before. will nigel farage weather this one or will it do damage to his party next week? joe pike, bbc news. and you can see a full list of the candidates standing in the clacton constituency on your screen now. if you are in a different constituency, you can check our website. well adrian ramsay, the co—leader of the green party, also appeared on the bbc�*s question time leaders special tonight, where he was asked about the day—to—day cost of the party's plans to combat climate change in areas such as transport. i think most people want to do the greener option, but the greener option has got to be the cheaper and more convenient option as well. so how would you make it cheaper, that's just what i'm wondering. there are huge subsidies that go into the aviation industry whilst we have some of the most expensive rail prices in europe. so one of the things we would do is to bring t

so andrew parker, part time actor who lists secret filming, was shown using rachel.l racial slur against rishi. so this is the guy who's a reform or was a reform candidate. he's been binned now. i think he was a candidate. >> he was just a door knocker. >> he was just a door knocker. >> i was just a door knocker. yeah excuse me. >> there's been like loads of other reform people who've said terrible candidates who have said terrible stuff as well. but this this guy is a sort of activist out there giving out leaflets. >> yeah, he had a rosette. that's all it takes. i was fooled, so anyway, the question is, is he really who he says he is? is he an actor? it's looking like he might be an actor and reform have now complained about channel 4 interfering with the election, which is obviously a really big deal. well, it's a big deal because channel 4 is publicly controlled, owned . publicly controlled, owned. >> it's something there's something to do with the government. the fact is our tax dollars, some of it is going to no, no, we pay no tax dollars. >> it's self maintaine

another, this man, andrew parker, suggested people crossing the channel in small boats should be shotracist insult to describe the prime minister. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. applause. it's put the spotlight on nigel farage. last night, he claimed mr parker was an actor, and it was a setup. this was a comedy act, - but it was designed to hurt us, and sadly, sadly, - some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do. with people like him, and he is nothing to do with us. but there were more questions about three of his candidates and comments they'd made. live on air, mr farage appeared to disown them, saying he wanted nothing to do with them. rishi sunak has already condemned the comments made about him, describing them as shocking. he said he wanted to call out blatant racism when he saw it, and added there were clearly deep, deep problems in mr farage's party. nice to see you. the labour leader was out meeting veterans this morning for armed forces day. he said he shared rishi sunak�*s disgust at the

another, this man, andrew parker, suggested people crossing the channel in small boats should be shot used a racist insult to describe the prime minister. applause the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. it's put the spotlight on nigel farage. last night, he claimed mr parker was an actor, and it was a setup. this was a comedy act, - it was designed to hurt us, and sadly, sadly, - some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do. with people like him, and he has nothing to do with us. but there were more questions about three of his candidates and comments they'd made. live on air, mr farage appeared to disown them, saying he wanted nothing to do with them. rishi sunak has already condemned the comments made about him, describing them as shocking. he said he wanted to call out blatant racism when he saw it, and added there were clearly deep, deep problems in mr farage's party. nice to see you. the labour leader was out meeting veterans this morning for armed forces day. he said he shared rishi sunak�*s disgust at

parker, who said a racist slur about the prime minister.lf from three candidates. the questions there will be what does that mean, how far is that distance? so more questions for mr farage on that and in the undercoverfilming by mr farage on that and in the undercover filming by channel 4 there was something else as well, there was something else as well, there was something else as well, there was another individual who apparently is closer to nigel farage who had made anti—gay comments, so what about that individual? that is not someone who was just, nigel farage was saying in this one case was someone who had walked into the office as an actor. the conservative position on this as well it is interesting, so we have heard from them as well, tom tugendhat, the security minister, he has also been saying this needs to focus people�*s attention on what sort of party and members reform uk actually is and that for the conservatives is a useful message for them at this stage because they are facing considerable electoral threat from voters deser

andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour . part of a broader pattern of behaviour. labour leader sir keir starmer will pledge to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and lead a government of service if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence. mr healey said his party will do better for soldiers and their families. the shadow defence secretary accused the tories of driving morale to record lows and shrinking the army to its smallest size since the napoleonic war. >> britain will be stronger defended with labour. we will increase defence spending to 2.5. the last time britain spent 2.5% of our national income on defence was in 2010, with laboun defence was in 2010, with labour, and that was when the british army was still 100,000 strong and morale was at 60. and armed forces

man andrew parker.- let's - yourself from this man andrew parker.- let's talk - yourself from this man about this, the kind of language that is ascribed to them, that is reportedly said, is not the kind of language i would ever use, but also we know what we are talking about and forgive me if i offend you at home, i am going to repeat some of it. leslie lily, candidate for southend east and rochford, said of migrants on small boats, more come entering the uk, i hope yourfamily get robbed and attacked. edward... your candidate for derbyshire dales... importing sub—saharan africans would dilute the iq of the country. your candidate, barnsley north, who says... and these are difficult words to say... black people of britain should get out off their lazy houses and stop acting like savages. i apologise to those offended by it.— savages. i apologise to those offended by it. these are your candidates. _ offended by it. these are your candidates. i— offended by it. these are your candidates. i do _ offended by it. these are your candidates. i do not— offended by it. these are your candidates.

andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. a warning. the following clip contains some offensive language i >> -- >> when 5mm hm >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform, people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an f, it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour . behaviour. >> well. the video was obtained by channel 4 news. they have vigorously defended the clip's veracity, but reform uk's leader nigel farage described it as a set up. >> someone told us he was an actor. we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who do

another, this man, andrew parker, suggested people crossing the channel in small boats should be shota racist insult to describe the prime minister. the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. applause. it's put the spotlight on nigel farage. last night, he claimed mr parker was an actor, and it was a setup. this was a comedy act, - it was designed to hurt us, and sadly, sadly, - some people believe it. let me promise you... so who do you think would have done this, nigel farage? i want nothing to do. with people like him, and he is nothing to do with us. but there were more questions about three of his candidates and comments they'd made. live on air, mr farage appeared to disown them, saying he wanted nothing to do with them. rishi sunak has already condemned the comments made about him, describing them as shocking. he said he wanted to call out blatant racism when he saw it, and added there were clearly deep, deep problems in mr farage's party. nice to see you. the labour leader was out meeting veterans this morning for armed forces day. he said he shared rishi sunak�*s disgust at the r

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the individual, andrew parker is also heard saying people crossing the channel in small boats should at. the leader of reform uk. nigel farage. mr farage now wants electoral and broadcasting regulators to investigate his claim. he said it amounts to scandalous election interference. this was a comedy act, but it was designed - to hurt us and sadly, sadly, some people believe it. - let me promise you... so who do you think... would have nothing to do with people like him. - and he has nothing to do with us. but he was also questioned about three of his candidates. the party now says they've been dropped, though it's too late to take their names off ballot papers. rishi sunak out today. he's already said the comments about him were shocking and ministers in his government are now speaking up to. there is a real pattern of racist and misogynistic views in the party, and i think it's absolutely right to call it out. he's notjust the prime minister, he is the father of two young girls who should not have to put up with this kind of racial abuse. nice to see you. the labour leader was out

so you're saying that this guy, mr parker, andrew parker, who turned up as an activist on the day he'sn actor, but at the same time, what i can't pin down is, are you suggesting that this is, are you suggesting that this is channel 4? like placing him in there as a stooge? because they're denying that channel 4 worcester has far away from it as possible. >> of course, channel 4 used production companies. yeah, that gives channel 4 deniability. look, let's just get the facts. this chap bowls up, all right? big, larger than life. a really big, strong, almost slightly comedic. yeah. comic accent and that's how he is. he hangs around the office. he hangs around the office. he hangs around with two people who i didn't understand at the time, were working for channel 4. they were working for channel 4. they were together. he then says, i've got a big car canvassing team come with me. a couple of our activists get in the back with channel 4 in the front, and from the minute he got in the car, apparently he was saying all sorts of things about people of different colours and sexualities and tr

the individual, andrew parker is also heard saying people crossing the channel in small boats shouldeader of reform uk. nigel farage. farage now wants electoral and broadcasting regulators to investigate his claim. is it amounts to scandalous election interference. - this was a comedy act, - but it was designed to hurt us and sadly, sadly, - some people believe it. let me promise you. so who do you think would have... we have nothing to do with people like him. i and he has nothing to do with us. but he was also questioned about three of his candidates. the party now says they've been dropped, though it's too late to take their names off ballot papers. hi, jack, how are you? rishi sunak out today. he's already said the comments about him were shocking and ministers in his government are now speaking up to. there is a real pattern of racist and misogynistic views in the party, and i think it's absolutely right to call it out. he's notjust the prime minister, he is the father of two young girls who should not have to put up with this kind of racial abuse. nice to see you. the labour le

the campaigner andrew parker said they hadn't told nigel farage about his views and apologised if he4 also heard the views of another campaigner, this time on gay people and the rainbow flag. now, it should be stressed that these are campaigners, not candidates. they are self—selecting volunteers although the second one you heard from is well known to nigel farage. he has of course had problems with the actual candidates too but blamed that on the vetting company employed for not doing theirjob. the other party leaders say that nigel farage himself should take responsibility for those who support him. my two daughters have to see and hear reform people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an bleep. it hurts, it makes me angry. i don't repeat those words lightly, i do so deliberately because this is too important not to call out clearly for what it is. you have to ask the question why so many people who are supporting reform seem to be exposed in this particular way. it's for a leader to change his or her party to make sure the culture is right and the standards are understood by

they secretly l filmed some people canvassing for nigel farah articles that that person andrew parkernd was sorry about bringing the party into disrepute. thank farage and was sorry about bringing the party into disrepute.— the party into disrepute. thank you very much- — you can find a full list of all the candidates standing in the clacton constituency on your screen now. tata, the owner of the uk's biggest steelworks, says it may shut the site in south wales next month — that's earlier than planned — because of a strike by some workers. around 1500 members of unite are due to begin indefinite action over the firm's plans to cut thousands ofjobs. the union said it would not be deterred from taking the industrial action. a man accused of plotting to abduct, rape and murder the tv presenter, holly willoughby, is due to give evidence at his trial today. gavin plumb is alleged to have assembled a kit of tools for "highly sexualised" violence against the former this morning presenter between 2021 and 2023. he denies the charges. a family friend of the missing tourist jay slater has told

andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak says it's part of a broader pattern of behaviour, a warning the following clip contains some offensive language i >> -- >> when 5mm hm >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform , people who see and hear reform, people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an effing. it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that . it's my duty to call than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour. >> well, nigel farage said earlier that the comments have no place in the party and describes the secretly recorded video as a setup. but responding to mr farage's claims , a channel to mr farage's claims, a cha

parker, who had a racist slur about the prime minister, there were others caught on camera.to distance himself from the three candidates, the questions will be, what does that mean? how far is that distance? more question from nigel farage on that. any other —— in the undercoverfilming, there farage on that. any other —— in the undercover filming, there was somebody else who is closer to nigel farage who was making anti—gay comments. nigel farage said it was somebody who walked into the office as an actor, but that is not the case here. the conservative position is interesting. we have heard from them. tom tugendhat, the security minister, also saying that it needs to focus the attention on what sort of a party and what members reform has. forthe of a party and what members reform has. for the conservatives, of a party and what members reform has. forthe conservatives, it of a party and what members reform has. for the conservatives, it is useful, because they are facing considerable electoral threat from voters deserting them are going to reform. it gives them an opportunit

the individual, andrew parker is also heard saying people crossing the channel in small boats shouldr of reform uk. nigel farage. farage now wants electoral and broadcasting regulators his claim, that it amounts to scandalous election interference. this was a comedy act, but it was designed to hurt us and sadly, sadly, some people believe it. we have nothing to do with people like him. and he has nothing to do with us. but he was also questioned about three of his candidates. the party now says they've been dropped, though it's too late to take their names off ballot papers. rishi sunak out today. he's already said the comments about him were shocking and ministers in his government are now speaking up to. there is a real pattern of racist and misogynistic views in the party, and i think it's absolutely right to call it out. he's notjust the prime minister, he is the father of two young girls who should not have to put up with this kind of racial abuse. the labour leader was out meeting veterans this morning for armed forces day. he has said he shares rishi sunak�*s disgust at the ra

andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak says it's part of a broader pattern of behaviour. well, tonight nigel farage has reiterated the comments have no place in his party and has doubled down on his claims. the secretly recorded video is a setup. a channel 4 secretly recorded video is a setup. a channel a spokesperson says they strongly stand by what they called rigorous and duly impartial journalism, and to the us now, us president joe biden says he intends to win the election in his first public event since his struggle during the first televised debates last night. he's just been speaking in the last few hours at a rally in the last few hours at a rally in north carolina, where democrats are hoping to win the state back from the republicans this november. he claims america itself is at stake and accused former us president donald trump of repeatedly lying and said he has the morals of an alley cat after his own shaky performance dunng after his

. >> andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak.s apologised but insists he was goaded into making them well. >> rishi sunak condemned the racial slurs made against him and said it was part of a broader pattern of behaviour. >> let's talk to senior political analyst at the orthodox conservatives, david moore. david, what do you make of all of this? this claim from from nigel farage. and we've seen sort of what this is based on, on this all sort of doing the rounds on, on the internet that this man was, in effect, an actor being paid to do a job. >> so firstly, these were abhorrent and horrible comments and, but we must understand that in this channel 4 and, but we must understand that in this channel a documentary, obviously there's stuff that has come to light. whether this person is indeed an actor, indeed he is an actor online. if that's the same person and if so, was this a stitch up? now, you know, we have seen a record of a number of reform candidates who have said some pretty horrible things . however, you horrible things. ho

the campaigner andrew parker said they hadn't told nigel farage about his views and apologised if hebut, hang on, channelli brought the party into disrepute but, hang on, channel [i also heard the views of another campaigner, this time on gay people and the rainbow flag. now, it should be stressed that these are campaigners, not candidates. they are self—selecting volunteers although the second one you heard from is well known to nigel farage. he has of course had problems with the actual candidates too but blamed that on the betting company employed for not doing their job. the other party leaders say that nigel farage himself should take responsibility for those who support him. mr; take responsibility for those who suoport him-— take responsibility for those who su--ort him. g ., ., , ., support him. my two daughters have to see and hear _ support him. my two daughters have to see and hear reform _ support him. my two daughters have to see and hear reform people - support him. my two daughters have to see and hear reform people who | to see and hear reform people who campaign for

in that recording, campaigner andrew parker also suggested that migrants should be used, as he said ,sed, as he said, target practice well. in a letter to the independent regulator, the party has claimed it was entirely evident they say, that the undercover news piece was a set up and that comes as the party's leader, nigel farage, is also now refusing to appear on the bbc's sunday political programme until it apologises for what he calls their dishonest question time audience . our longer term plan. sir keir starmer is pledging to introduce a new armed forces commissioner and to lead a government of service if labour is elected. it comes as shadow defence secretary john healey says labouris secretary john healey says labour is now the natural party of defence . mr healey said his of defence. mr healey said his party will do better by soldiers and their families . meanwhile, and their families. meanwhile, the prime minister will hail the duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice of servicemen and women as he marks armed forces day today . rishi sunak forces day today. rishi sun

parker, stacey harris.rbin: i rise to discuss an issue i have been working on fo it was over 20 years ago that i introduced the dream act. i introduced it with republican senator orrin hatch, who was then hefd of the senate judiciary committee. there was a discuss on who would be first named on the bill, senator hatch said he would be first as head of the committee. this would provide pahw to zenship for -- citiz■9 for young citizen do stay in this country. these young people grew up alongside our young children with the same hopes of beginning a first job, applying for a driver's license andy have served as doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers and first responders. yet, without congressional ac two decades every day is spent in fear of their lives being uprooted facing the fear of deportation. mr. president, i'm amazed when i think about the issue of immigration. when you really come to understand america and it's place in the history of the world you reaze tt we are first and foremost a nation of immigran

in one of them a volunteer, andrew parker suggests that migrants crossing the channel should be usedof rise that we�*ve seen over the last few weeks. and this is a full list of candidates standing in the clacton constituency. labour�*s leader sir keir starmer has been facing questions from my colleague nicky campbell here on bbc news. he was keen to talk about what he says is the highest tax rate in the uk for seven decades and promised, if elected, to �*put the country back on its feet�*. here�*s a little of what he said... we�*ve had a flatlining economy for 1a years. if all we do is... we�*ve now got the highest tax rates for 70 years and there�*s a reason for that, that slow growth. so that�*s the elephant in the room, that is the challenge. we could ignore it and simply say, let�*s tax an ever reducing cake... 2% on those with more than1 billion? the point is the economy is not growing. unless and until we get economy growing... would that stop the economy growing, taxing those people? we�*ve already got the highest tax rates for 70 years. you could lift the two child benefit ca

. >> and this fellow andrew parker, whatever his name was, is not a member of ukip, not ukip reform,fact, you can't join reform, as such, you can't get a membership of the party, even if you send them any money. so, of course, it's embarrassing for reform uk that they have somebody, speaking in that way who is campaigning for them. but they nobody applies to be a campaigner for a political party. and if you look into the labour party or the tory party, you'll find cranks and misfits who are campaigning for them, knocking on doors and so on as well. in fact, you have to be a bit of a crank or a misfit to campaign for the tory party at all these days, don't you ? but, all these days, don't you? but, you know, we had all these problems in ukip as well. i don't think it matters very much at all. he's been disowned and, that's that . yes. they've that's that. yes. they've discovered they've got a few candidates who have also said disgraceful or unacceptable things . but, disgraceful or unacceptable things. but, you know, this is an insurgent party which has mushroomed up from nowhere in a

parker, so the same name who looks very, very like him.ng himself as an actor to his his friends when he was talking about reform. he describes himself as a property developer. >> what do you make of that? i haven't heard that one. i must admit. >> well, i think what this shows is that reform, reform being a new party, it lacks that experience, that nous, that savviness, that you know, that these machines have, it doesn't have proper structures. there's no grassroots membership as such. and, you know, that supports campaigns and holds them up. so lots of self self—selecting activists such as these gentlemen here go along, nominate themselves and say we want to help. and, and that's where the where the where this malaise comes from, from the fact that people self appoint themselves, go along and say, i represent x, y and z without having any qualification to do that. i'm not saying that that reform is amateur. i'm just saying it's new and it's trying to find its feet. >> yeah, it takes a while to get these things into place. >> so talking o