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Huffington Post // Technology

Reform UK MP Left Squirming Over Party's 'Racist' By-Election Advert

Tuesday 27th May 2025, 9:33AM


Sarah Pochin with Nigel Farage outside parliament.Reform UK’s new MP was left squirming after being quizzed about one of the party’s election ads which has been branded “blatantly racist”.Sarah Pochin insisted she had not seen the social media post about Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.The online advert compiles footage of several speeches by Sarwar, who was born in Glasgow to Pakistani Muslim parents, talking about improving political representation for South Asian communities.Reform claimed it showed he “prioritise the Pakistani community”, even though Sarwar at no point uses that word.The ad was posted in the run-up to next week’s Scottish Parliament by-election in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency.A spokesperson for the Scottish Labour leader said it was a “blatantly racist advert from Reform UK that attempts to question the identity, loyalty and belonging of Anas Sarwar”.On Times Radio this morning, Pochin said: “There is nothing racist about Reform UK. I would not be associated with a party that was the least bit racist.”Presenter Rosie Wright told her:

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