Jenrick likens Reform racism scandal to BBC paedo cover-ups as Farage is filmed telling aide to 'take the f***ing deal'

Robert Jenrick defended Reform's vetting failures this morning by comparing them to the BBC's paedophile presenter scandals, insisting no organisation can create a 'fool-safe' process for rooting out bad apples. The remarks came as fresh ITV footage emerged showing Nigel Farage being told by his own communications chief Ed Sumner that he was 'protecting' racist mayoral candidate Chris Parry — before Farage replied 'just take the f***ing deal' and pushed for a mere apology rather than the sack.

Reform MP Sarah Pochin was secretly filmed calling the party 'so f***ing chauvinistic' and saying women are 'excluded' — which Jenrick denied was his experience.

Councillor Alan Feeney, Solihull's deputy mayor, was filmed saying no more than one per cent of Britain should be non-white and that Asian families should be 'f***ed off to Pakistan'.

Sumner reportedly told colleagues privately that Parry was 'clearly a racist' and 'if it was up to me, I'd have kicked him out f***ing months ago' — but Farage kept him as a candidate for three more months.