had questions to answer. the comments were secretly filmed and broadcast by channel 4 while activists were campaigning for reform uk in clacton, where mr farage is standing. nigel farage claimed the racist comments were a set up . our political correspondentjoe pike is in westminster. nigel farage s sur #3r50iz entry into this election reenergised reform and gave them a poll boost as well, but his controversial comments about russia and ukraine plus this drip, drip of allegations concerning first candidates, and now campaigners has left some of those around mr farage feeling nervous. a warning my report contains offensive language. please welcome nigel farage. applause. he s attempting a fightback after yet more accusations of racism within reform. this whole thing is a complete and total setup. but this time it s not nigel farage s candidates, but his campaigners. one, seeing a pride flag on a police car, compared gay people to paedophiles. you see that bleep degenerate fla
reform uk in clacton, where mr farage is standing. our political correspondent joe pike is in westminster. reeta, nigel farage s surprise entry into this election revitalised, reenergised reform macro and seem to give them a poll boost as well but as we saw from the question time leaders special tonight that he appeared on, that drip drip of constant allegations concerning first, candidates and now, campaigners, does seem to be having an impact, notjust on mr farage s own team, i ve detected a certain nervousness there, but also this evening he seemed to be disowning some of his own candidates live on air and my report contains offensive language. i d like you to welcome the offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader of offensive language. i d like you to welcome the leader of reform - offensive language. i d like you to| welcome the leader of reform uk, nigel farage. he welcome the leader of reform uk,
campaigning in wales today, but his efforts to promote the conservative s welsh manifesto were overshadowed by questions about tory insiders allegedly gambling on the date of the election. the prime minister insisted multiple independent investigations were under way and that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. lets take a listen: there are full investigations that are currently happening. it s right that those investigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent. they are necessarily confidential, as you will appreciate. there s also a criminal investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those. you ll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there s not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, i will ensure that they are booted out of t
remember? adelson, the other casino guy. what is it about the gambling mecca that seems to attract the best thinking in the republican party these days? i don t know. it s crazy that it s happening. and all their bets right now are not very good. they seem to be betting on establishment candidates. i think the establishment is used to letting the base play and then imposing the candidate of their choosing. but who would know more about the average guy than a guy from a reality tv show? so trump sort of gets it more than they do. and i think the first of your scenarios is incidental. i think trump is a megalomaniac, i think he s convinced himself he can be president. and i think what he s telling the rnc is a threat. okay, i ll commit, but you better be nice to me. fox news better be nice to me. everybody better be nice to me. and i bet it will work. trump looking for a poll boost. he leads nationally by the way
what is it about the gambling mecca that seems to attract the best thinking in the republican party these days? i don t know. it s crazy that it s happening. and all their bets right now are not very good. they seem to be betting on establishment candidates. i think the establishment is used to letting the base play and then imposing the candidate of their choosing. but who would know more about the average guy than a guy from a reality tv show? so trump sort of gets it more than they do. and i think the first of your scenarios is incidental. i think trump is a meggalo maniac, i think he s convinced himself he can be president. and i think what he s telling the rnc is a threat. okay, i ll commit, but you better be nice to me. fox news better be nice to me. everybody better be nice to me. and i bet it will work. trump looking for a poll boost. he leads nationally by the way in the latest cnn poll, he polls at 24%, leading bush by 11.