Trevor Phillips and Lisa Nandy on Sky News.

Nigel Farage would lead a “fascist” government if he becomes prime minister, Lisa Nandy has suggested.

The culture secretary told Sky News: “If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, in my experience it usually is a duck.”

Her comments come as opinion polls continue to suggest that Reform UK are on course to win the next general election.

Nandy – who has an Indian father – reportedly warned a cabinet meeting that would usher in a “fascist” government in the UK for the first time.

On Sky News on Sunday, she said she would not “repeat” what was said behind closed doors, but went on: “I think we’ve been here many times in history before.

“Certainly when I was growing up in the 1980s in Manchester, coming from a mixed race background, I’ve seen this playbook before, where people try to scapegoat and demonise other people, try to pit us against one........

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