PM Keir Starmer will be held responsible should any harm befall Nigel Farage, a representative for the Reform party has said<\/p>\n
British parliamentary authorities have drastically slashed government-funded security for Nigel Farage, the leader of a major opposition right-wing party, Reform UK, its head of policy has claimed.
\nZia Yusuf accused UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of deliberately putting his political rival at risk of attack. Speaking to Times Radio on Wednesday, Yusuf stated that \u201ctwo weeks ago, the authorities cut Nigel\u2019s security detail by 75 percent,\u201d without providing any reasons for the decision. The Reform UK representative added that \u201cdonors have stepped in [to]\u2026 make sure that Nigel is well protected.\u201d
\nHowever, \u201cif anything was to happen to Nigel, we will hold Keir Starmer squarely responsible,\u201d Yusuf stressed.
\nYusuf further accused the sitting prime minister of inciting violence against the \u201cman who is the bookmaker\u2019s favorite to be the next prime minister.\u201d
\nFarage himself acknowledged he feared for his own security and that of other party members after Starmer\u2019s latest attack.<\/p>\n
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Speaking during the Labour Party conference on Tuesday, the prime minister dubbed Farage a \u201csnake oil merchant\u201d who does not like Britain because of his \u201cracist\u201d plans to curb immigration. Starmer charged that the UK must \u201cgo into that battle armed, not just with words and condemnation, but with action,\u201d describing Reform UK as the \u201cenemy of national renewal\u201d and the \u201cbiggest threat we face.\u201d
\nOn Thursday, The Telegraph reported that veteran Conservative MP Sir David Davis had asked UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to \u201creview the decision at the earliest opportunity.\u201d
\n\u201cIt strikes me that Mr. Farage is a particularly high-profile target, arguably at greater risk than many Cabinet ministers,\u201d the lawmaker reportedly wrote in a letter.
\nAn Ipsos poll last month indicated that Starmer\u2019s popularity had hit a record low, with 79% of Britons disapproving of his performance.
\nA survey by the think tank More in Common\u00a0suggested at around the same time that Farage would become prime minister with 373 MPs if an election were held tomorrow. Labour, however, would suffer its worst electoral defeat since 1931, securing fewer than 100 seats in the House of Commons, according to the poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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