The bombshells from the undercover sting operation which has plunged Reform into crisis

Nigel Farage’s party has been plunged into crisis after an undercover sting operation revealed racist, sexual, and violent rhetoric among its members.

Several Reform UK members have been suspended or resigned as the party faces intense scrutiny over the fresh revelations.

It has been accused of “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism” following footage released from an undercover investigation by ITV Exposure, which is being screened on Sunday night.

The year-long investigation goes inside the heart of Reform UK’s political operations, and follows election candidates and councillors across England and Wales during the May local elections and four by-election campaigns in 2025 and 2026.

Here is everything we know so far.

Mayoral candidate accused of using racist slur against David Lammy

The Reform leader has been accused of protecting his party’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire and the Solent, Chris Parry, who made a social media post saying the then-deputy prime minister should “go home to the Caribbean”.

Secretly filmed footage shows Mr Farage telling his director of communications, Ed Sumner, that Mr Parry must apologise, before Mr Sumner accused the Reform leader of “protecting him”.

Mr Farage responds: “It’s showing a bit of... bit of sorrow. Look, ‘I’m sorry’ is probably a good thing to hear. Just take the f***ing deal.”

When Mr Farage left, Mr Sumner was caught saying: “He's lucky, if it was up to me, I'd have kicked him out f***ing months ago.”

Mr Parry was later suspended after he appeared to liken a Jewish neighbourhood watch group to “Islamists on horseback” following an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances.

Reform councillors and candidates made racist and sexual remarks

Undercover journalists have secretly filmed Reform councillors making a series of racist, sexist, and violent remarks.

Councillor Alan Feeney in Solihull, who has since resigned, was recorded saying that the area had been “infested” with Asian families, who he referred to as “absolute parasites”.

Mr Feeney also said of Asian people: “Drag them out of their homes, stick them on planes and f*** them off to Pakistan.”

Chris Whelan, a Reform election candidate in Solihull, said of a female Reform candidate: “If she was my daughter, it would still be bath night on a Thursday. I'll wash you properly this time.” He also resigned from Reform for personal and health reasons.

Dean Miller, a Reform councillor for Bromley, said of illegal immigrants crossing the Channel: “I’d get nicked for saying what I would do. Do you know what I mean? I’ll take them out bruv, I don’t care… the way I see it, you’ve got to kill or you’re going to be killed... These f***ers have come to rape and pillage and f***ing kill us. There's no doubt about it.”

He was also filmed undercover calling for King Charles to be beheaded.

“Apparently King Charles is a f***ing Muslim… someone from the inside saw a f***ing prayer mat and all that in one of his f***ing rooms … I think that’s f***ing traitorous,” he said.

Mr Miller also resigned following the investigation and now sits as an independent councillor, according to ITV.

Speaking about children he claimed had vandalised shops in the area, he said: “It's just like all the ethnic f***ing kids, like they're not white, they're all f***ing Black and they're like f***ing animals. It's horrible to say it, I'm not racist, but you know what I mean.”

An aspiring Reform MP also told an undercover ITV reporter that “concentration camps” should be built for asylum seekers who arrive in small boats to the UK. They have since been suspended from the party.

MP Sarah Pochin said the party was ‘f***ing chauvinistic’

The Runcorn and Helsby MP was caught telling an undercover female reporter that senior party officials “just exclude you if you are a woman”.

“I go out on all the shows, and go: ‘Oh no, it’s lovely, oh they’re all so welcoming.’ Shit… they just exclude you if you’re a woman… It’s really tough being a girl with all of this alpha male shit going on,” she said.

Reform’s treasury spokesperson, Robert Jenrick, insisted the party was not chauvinistic and also denied Reform’s vetting processes were biased, but said: “All political parties have bad apples.”

In a statement, Reform said: “Reform UK has improved and prioritised its vetting procedures, but from time to time, a handful of individuals who do not share our values will initially make it through vetting.

“This is the same for all organisations. However good the vetting, one cannot vet a future comment.

“There is no room for racism in Reform UK. We always respect due process of investigations and whilst these are ongoing, it would not be appropriate to comment on individual cases.”