US EditionRoyal Parks Denies Farage’s Claim That Migrants Are Eating Swans
Farage repeated unfounded claims linking migrants to eating protected swans and carp in parks, despite official denials labeling the allegations as conspiracy theories.
- Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, alleged that migrants from Eastern Europe have been taking and consuming swans and carp from London's Royal Parks.
- Farage linked his accusations to Donald Trump's unproven claim that immigrants in Ohio were eating domestic pets and refused to fully disown those statements.
- A Royal Parks charity spokesperson and the Metropolitan Police denied any incidents or evidence of swans being killed or eaten in London’s eight Royal Parks.
- Farage offered £10 to anyone who could prove swans are not being eaten and said the culprits were people from countries where such practices are acceptable.
- Authorities’ rejection of Farage's accusations, alongside legal safeguards that prohibit harming swans in the UK, indicate his allegations lack substantiation and underscore the importance of relying on verified information in discussions.
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Nigel Farage falsely accuses immigrants of eating swans from parks
Nigel Farage has been condemned for peddling false information and “wild conspiracy theories” after he accused Romanians in Britain of eating swans in parks across the country in his latest attack on immigrants.
The leader of Brexit Reform UK’s defending party Nigel Farage has accused immigrants on Wednesday of killing and eating the swans of the UK’s royal parks. The charitable association Parques Reales has rejected this claim and has assured that “there is no news” of it. Everything has happened on British radio Lbc, where host Nick Ferrari has asked Trump’s friend Farage for the US president’s comments a year ago accusing Ohio immigrants of killing …
The Brexit singer assured on Wednesday on LBC radio that Romanian and Eastern European migrants were taking advantage of these animals, which, by tradition, belong to the British crown.
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