Nigel Farage criticizes 'reprehensible' racist remarks by workers for his Reform UK party

London: Anti immigration British politician Nigel Farage on Friday condemned a worker for his Reform U.K. party who suggested migrants crossing the En...

London: Anti-immigration British politician Nigel Farage on Friday condemned a worker for his Reform U.K. party who suggested migrants crossing the English Channel in boats should be used for "target practice.”

Party activist Andrew Parker was heard suggesting army recruits with guns should be posted to "just shoot” migrants landing on beaches, in recordings made by an undercover reporter from Channel 4.

He also used a racial slur about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is of Indian descent.

Reform U.K. said it had cut ties with the two men. Farage said he was "dismayed” by the comments and called some of the language "reprehensible.”

"The appalling sentiments expressed by some in these exchanges bear no relation to my own views, those of the vast majority of our supporters or Reform U.K.,” he said in a statement.