British PM Sunak slams racist slur by hard-right party campaigner

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on June 28 denounced the use of a racist slur against him by a now-suspended member of the anti-immigration Reform UK party led by Mr Nigel Farage.

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Mr Sunak said he was hurt and "angry" after broadcaster Channel 4 filmed a Reform canvasser using a racist slur to describe him, adding that Mr Farage had "some questions to answer".

"My two daughters have to see and hear Reform people who campaign for Nigel Farage calling me an effing P***" said Mr Sunak, Britain's first prime minister of colour.

"It hurts, and it makes me angry, and I think he has some questions to answer," he added of the Reform leader.

Mr Sunak said he had deliberately repeated the slur word used "because this is too important not to call out clearly for what it is".

Mr Farage, a hard-right populist who is standing to become an MP after seven failed attempts, has seen his campaign increasingly embroiled in controversy.

A string of Reform candidates have been ditched or suspended in recent weeks over allegations of offensive comments.