Farage unbothered by death threats reposted by his councillor

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has refused to condemn death threats re-posted by Reform councillor, Simon Evans.

These threats bring to bring the tragic death of the late Labour MP, Jo Cox. As such, it’s essential that members of the House of Commons show responsible leadership.

This is especially true now as more than half of elected MPs feel ‘unsafe’ as a result of threats they’ve received,  according to the Financial Times.

Simon Evans

Rather than addressing the issue, Farage chose to deflect, which is revealing and concerning.

This raises grave concerns about his appetite for violence when directed at those in opposition to Reform.

As we reported on 24 February, the councillor in question is Lancashire’s Simon Evans. Evans denies noticing the death threat included in the post he shared and offered a hollow apology.

However, people aren’t convinced by his “I didn’t notice” excuse. Irrespectively, the incident exposes a degree of negligence and, by extension, Evans’s unsuitability for public office.

To take disciplinary action against the councillor involved would be in step with prior incidents. Reform have actually disciplined a significant number of their new politicians, too, as we’ve reported:

However, for whatever reason, Farage doesn’t think this threat of violence warrants consideration.

“No wonder he’s been endorsed by Tommy Robinson”

The PMQs clash between Starmer and Farage transpired as follows:

Keir Starmer: A death threat was shared by Reform’s Deputy Council Leader in Lancashire against the brilliant Member for Bolsover. It said she should be shot. When death threats were made against the Member for Clacton, I stood at this Dispatch Box and condemned them outright. If he has any decency or backbone, he will stand up, apologise, condemn the comments and sack the individual in his party. Will he do so?

Instead of rightfully condemning the death threat, Farage deflected to one of his comfort zone issues – the Chagos Islands:

Nigel Farage: At the age of 14, Michel Mandarin was forcibly removed from his home, the coral atoll of Ile de Croix, dumped on the quayside in Mauritius, forced to live on food scraps out of bins. He has resettled those islands and yet now faces a removal order from yet another Labour Government. So maybe twice in one lifetime, he’s going to be asked to leave his homeland.

Can I ask the Prime Minister, for a government that is full of human rights lawyers, within and without, why do the opinions and human rights of indigenous Chagossians not matter to him at all?

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Speaker of the House, Hoyle: Prime Minister.

Starmer: So, he has neither the decency nor the backbone. condemn a death threat to a member of this House, whichever party they are in. He does not have the decency or the backbone to condemn it and to sack the individual. That just shows that his party has got nothing to offer the country but grievance and division. Look at their candidate in Gorton and Denton, a man who says anyone who is not white cannot be English.

No wonder he’s been endorsed by Tommy Robinson. It doesn’t represent our country.

Farage appears to support ‘righteous’ violence

We can’t forget that Farage is a close pal of Donald Trump. The orange US President has wreaked havoc since returning to power through his ICE squads. These masked agents have literally murdered US citizens like Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. And alarmingly, Reform have talked about importing this model to Britain:

Motives for violence are subjective.

There must be red lines which prevent us descending into barbarism.

Farage is making it clear that those lines may not exist under his watch.

And as this disturbing video shows, Farage is more than happy to encourage people to pick up guns.

Featured image via the Canary