Hundreds of left-wing protesters besieged the London offices of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party on Saturday amid a growing effort to blame the Brexit campaigner for recent deadly anti-immigration riots in the UK.
Left-wing “anti-racism” rallies were held across the UK on Saturday, with hundreds of people carrying “Stand Up to Racism” signs and waving Palestinian flags storming the offices of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in London.
According to GB News reported that left-wing crowds could be heard chanting “Get the Nazi scum out of our town” and “Stop Farage”, and a swastika banner was also seen being thrown into a bin at the demonstration.
Some of those gathered outside the reformist office professed to be Marxists and Leninists, while others identified as members of the Turkish Communist Party, told media outlets.
Despite Farage’s consistent condemnation of political violence, many on the left and in the mainstream media have tried to pin the blame for the recent riots on him, both before and after the incident.
“I do not support street violence or mob behaviour in any form, that’s why I’ve fought in elections for 30 years, because I believe democracy is the way to resolve issues peacefully,” the Reform UK leader said earlier this week.
“They are protesting against what they say has caused violent disorder and rioting.”Translator It will be broadcast live from Reform UK headquarters as thousands of left-wing anti-racism activists hold Reform leader Nigel Farage responsible for the riots and attack his offices. pic.twitter.com/UrWHkEOp8Y
— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 10, 2024
Responding to a protest outside its London offices, a Reform Party spokesman said: “Our Victoria Street office has simply been used as a postal address for several years.”
“These protests, and the incursions into our offices by far-left activists over the past few years, have forced us to do this for the safety and wellbeing of our staff.
“Our headquarters is not in London. Given the violence and aggression of the far-left, whose only desire is to intimidate and silence opponents of democracy, you can understand why we will not reveal the location of our headquarters.”
Mr Farage faced accusations this week that he was to blame for the violence that erupted in the wake of a mass stabbing at a children’s dance party in Southport, allegedly perpetrated by a second-generation Rwandan immigrant. Forced Following warnings about his safety, his personal security will be stepped up.
Farage: Left attacks me as riots escalate because they’re ‘afraid’ of losing working classhttps://t.co/7wzWDM89O4
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 7, 2024
