Farage’s close ally Arron Banks complains about ‘no white faces’ at Heathrow
The mask has slipped for Reform UK once again. Arron Banks, a key Reform backer and close ally of Nigel […]
The mask has slipped for Reform UK once again. Arron Banks, a key Reform backer and close ally of Nigel Farage, has complained about there being not “one white face in security or airport services” at Heathrow.
One of Reform’s former mayoral candidates, Banks has previously hit the headlines for paying private investigators to dig into the Conservative party chair Kevin Hollinrake and Times journalist Gabriel Pogrund.
He is now facing widespread condemnation for his ‘racist’ and ‘disgraceful’ comments, after complaining that there was not “one white face in security or airport services” at Heathrow.
Banks posted on X: “Going through Heathrow today, there wasn’t one white face in security or airport services. The Home office is staffed by the type of people we are trying to keep out! What hope?”
Journalist Dan Hodges wrote: “There we go. One of Nigel Farage’s key allies. Eventually the mask slips. Not sure you could find a more blatant example of outright racism than this.”
Political editor of HuffPost UK Kevin Schofield posted: “When people show you what they are, believe them”, another added: “I do hope the staff at Heathrow read this and lose his luggage.”
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