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Reform activist caught on camera saying asylum seekers should be put in 'concentration camps'

ITV says the footage prompted investigations and suspensions after candidates and activists made racist and extremist remarks during undercover interviews.

  • On Sunday, October 18, 2026, the ITV film Undercover: A Year Inside Reform revealed a 90-minute investigation capturing Reform candidates making racist, misogynistic, and extremist remarks.
  • Footage exposed an aspiring Reform UK MP advocating for "concentration camps" for Channel boat arrivals, while other candidates referred to Black children as "animals" and described areas as "infested" with Asian families.
  • Reform MP Sarah Pochin described the party as "chauvinistic," while footage showed the party training councillor Karl Lewis to handle media inquiries regarding his past support for Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate.
  • Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson declared Reform leader Nigel Farage "completely unfit to lead," arguing he is "incapable of taking responsibility" for the scandals.
  • Defending the party's screening process, Nigel Farage argued earlier in the week that while Reform conducts vetting, "you can't vet people for what they say in the future.
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Undercover footage shows Reform activist claiming Muslims cannot be British

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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