Channel 4 hit back at Reform over ‘actor’ activist claims

When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It seems that those words of wisdom aren’t being heeded by Reform as the party battles to handle the fall-out from last night’s Channel 4 exposé. The broadcaster released an undercover report into the party’s campaign in Clacton, featuring examples of anti-migrant rhetoric, homophobia and one canvasser called Andrew Parker ‘making racist and offensive remarks’.

Parker was swiftly booted out of the party but attention has now focussed on his professional background as a part-time actor. Both Reform’s leader Nigel Farage and party chairman Richard Tice have been quick to jump on suggestions that this might explain his comments in the programme. Farage wrote on Twitter/X this morning that: ‘His own website says he is “well spoken” but from the moment he arrived in Clacton he was doing what he calls “rough speaking”. This whole episode does not add up.’

However when GB News got in touch with Andrew Parker he dismissed such theories and said that while he was goaded by the undercover reporter, he rejected any suggestion that he was a ‘paid actor’ set-up to make Reform look bad.