Farage Mocked After Giving Bizarre Reason For Not Investigating Reform Russia Claims |
Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill campaigning for the Brexit Party in 2019.
Nigel Farage has been mocked after giving a bizarre reason why will not launch an investigation into claims about Russian links to Reform UK.
He said “I haven’t got a police force” when put on the spot by a journalist on Monday.
Labour has called on Farage to carry out a probe after Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, was jailed after admitting taking bribes from the Kremlin to spout pro-Russia propaganda.
The pair were also members of Ukip together, and there is video footage of Farage praising him.
Asked by ITV News why he has not launched a wider investigation, Farage said: “I haven’t got a police force, I haven’t got access.
“I can’t access your phone message, I can’t access your emails. Unless I can do that, I can’t investigate. You’ve got to have somebody with investigatory powers.”
The journalist then asked what questions he had personally asked Reform officials about the allegations.
He said: “Well, I’ve asked everybody: have you ever taken money you shouldn’t have taken from anybody, and no one said yes.”
Farage added: “I am not a police officer, I cannot access........