Nigel Farage hit back at Tory candidate Giles Watling (Image: GETTY)
Nigel Farage hit back at Tory rival Giles Watling after he claimed rallies held by Reform are "reminiscent” of those staged by the Nazis in Nuremberg and a "very un-British way of doing things”.
Mr Watling, who is fighting for re-election in Clacton, made the comment after Reform leader Mr Farage, who is also standing in the Essex town, addressed around 5,000 people in Birmingham over the weekend.
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Speaking to the Politics Home website, he said: “I’m not ascribing any of these sort of things to Nigel Farage himself.
“But the method, the process, is just sort of reminiscent of the big rallies at Nuremberg, with people standing to one side.
“It’s a personality cult that’s been created. There may be no evil intent but it feels wrong and bad.”
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Mr Watling added that Reform’s recent events were “chilling” and a “very un-British way of doing things”.
He said there was a “beautiful irony” that there had been defacement of Tory campaign leaflets in Clacton by people “painting over my face and turning me into Adolf Hitler”.
But Mr Farage said: "Watling shows contempt for the thousands of decent people who turned up in Birmingham yesterday and those who come to my rallies in Clacton.
"They are decent, law-abiding citizens. How dare he insult them like that."
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Standing room only at Frinton Tennis Club this evening.
I wonder if @GilesWatling thinks this is also ‘chilling’ and a ‘very un-British’? pic.twitter.com/43x9Dgbsjm
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 1, 2024
Mr Farage also tweeted a video of a packed Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club in Essex yesterday for a Reform event.
He said: "Standing room only at Frinton Tennis Club this evening.
"I wonder if Giles Watling thinks this is also ‘chilling’ and a ‘very un-British’?"
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