Nigel Farage has refused growing calls for Reform UK to punish his MP Sarah Pochin after she was accused of making “racist” remarks at the weekend.

While responding to a caller’s question on Talk TV on Saturday, Pochin said: “It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, you know people who are anything other than white.”

After backlash, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby released a statement on X saying her comments were “phrased poorly”, adding: “I unreservedly apologise for any offence caused.”

But she insisted: “British TV adverts have gone DEI mad.”

As criticism continued to grow, Farage was asked during a press conference on Monday if he would be withdrawing the whip from Pochin.

He said Pochin’s words were “without doubt ugly”.

He admitted

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