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Nigel Farage has claimed the Reform UK campaigner recorded appearing to make a racial slur against Rishi Sunak was part of a "set-up".
Andrew Parker was caught on camera by an undercover Channel 4 reporter while out in the Essex constituency of Clacton calling the PM a "f****** P***" and saying Channel migrants should be shot.
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Mr Parker has since confirmed he is an actor but said he had got involved with Reform by contacting the party himself and volunteering to do leafletting because he believes in its message.
Appearing on ITV's Loose Women, Mr Farage said: "It was an act right from the very start."
He said Mr Parker had been "rough speaking" and "not being himself", adding: "I have to tell you, this whole thing was a complete and total set-up, I have no doubt about that."
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Asked whether he thought Mr Parker had been paid, he said: "I don't know whether he was paid or not."
He added: "I'm saying it's possible, I don't know. Something is wrong here."
Speaking today, Mr Parker said he regrets the remarks and that he made them "the heat of the moment" because he was being "goaded on".
He said: "Of course I regret what I said. Christ, I'm not a racist. I've had Muslim girlfriends. It was typical chaps-down-the-pub talk."
The activist added: "Of course I'm sorry. They were off-the-cuff things that everyone says."
Asked why he had made the remarks, Mr Parker said: "It was in the heat of the moment. I was goaded on."
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He suggested the undercover reporter had been "making jokes and bits and pieces" which were not included in the published footage, but would not expand on what he was claiming the journalist had said.
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A spokesperson for Channel 4 News said: "We strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial 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 UK canvasser or anyone else in this report. Mr Parker was not known to Channel 4 News and was filmed covertly via the undercover operation."
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