Fresh Reform UK Row As MP Warns Against 'LGBT-Supporting' Political Alliances

Danny Kruger of East Wiltshire Nigel Farage is facing a fresh headache after it emerged a Reform UK MP warned voters the UK could soon be led by an “appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party”.Kruger, who dramatically left his position as a Tory frontbencher to join Reform last month, can be seen in a clip shared on the party’s YouTube page comparing supporting LGBT+ rights to backing Palestinian militants.Speaking during a membership drive at the weekend, Kruger said his party was “up against Lib Dems, Labour, Greens, we’ve got the nationalists in Wales and Scotland, there’s Corbyn”.In comments first obtained by the Mirror, he said: “You know that shows how bad things are in our country.“What I worry about is they’re going to get together after the next election and have some sort of appalling, you know, Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting, you know, nationalist party against the United Kingdom trying to get us back into the EU.“All the things that the British people have rejected time and again. The only way to stop that is Reform. And so that means, you know, including if you’re a former. Conservative, I’m afraid to say, you’ve got to join us.”Kruger himself dodged a question on this issue at a pre-arranged Reform press conference today where he was outlining his party’s plans to reform Whitehall.When asked for a response to his comments from the weekend, he said the public should vote for Reform if they want a “sensible moderate government”.He told the Mirror: “You do have a kaleidoscope of people who proclaim their belief in gay rights on one hand and then their support for Hamas on the other, or at least for kind of Islamism in the Middle East. So I mean, I’m pointing out the incredible incoherence of the coalition that has ranged against us.“I dread to think what would happen if there was some sort of deal of the election which ended up with that rabble in power. So that is the concern I have.”Polly Billington, Labour MP for East Thanet, quickly hit out at Kruger’s “dinosaur” comments this morning.She said: “Danny Kruger’s remarks are outdated and out of line. Stirring up division is Reform’s stock in trade and now LGBT people are being targeted.“His words have direct consequences in our communities and should be condemned by Nigel Farage.“It’s astounding that Kruger made these comments on the same day his colleague Sarah Pochin embarked on a racist rant about black and Asian people on TV.“Our British values of decency, compassion and respect are under threat from Reform. That is what we’re up against – the politics of division and grievance that would take our great country to a very dark place.“If Nigel Farage had any backbone, he’d stand up to these dinosaurs and take action. Failure to do so is an endorsement of these divisive views.”Reform UK has been approaching for a response to Kruger’s comments.The Mirror’s report comes a day after Farage admitted he was “angry” over another row caused by one of his five MPs.Sarah Pochin triggered plenty of backlash when she complained about TV adverts being “full of black people, full of Asian people” at the weekend, although she later apologised.Farage said in a press conference on Monday that these were “ugly” remarks and admitted he is “unhappy” with Pochin for these comments, but refused to punish her by withdrawing the whip.He said: “If I thought the intention behind it was racist, I would have taken a lot more action that I have done today – and that is because I don’t.”Kruger also responded to the backlash around Pochin, telling Times Radio on Tuesday morning: “I think that’s a really regrettable thing that she said, because it’s so offensive to suggest that seeing black and Asian faces made her mad.“Obviously, she was trying to say something different. There’s no excuse, but it is the truth that she was talking about over-representation of minorities.”Related...Farage Says He Is 'Unhappy' With Reform MP Over 'Ugly' Remarks On Race – But Rejects Calls For PunishmentDavid Lammy Lets Rip In Furious Tirade Against Tory 'Brass Neck' Amid Prison Release Row

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