Insiders question Reform UK leader’s claim that parliamentary security team advised against in-person meetings
Nigel Farage has said he received official parliamentary advice against holding in-person surgeries for his constituents – though his claim was immediately called into question by insiders., said he had been advised not to hold the physical weekly meetings that are a staple for most MPs, citing fears the public would “flow through the door with knives in their pockets”.
Asked why people would want to be violent, he said: “Well they did in Southend. They murdered David Amess, and he was a far less controversial figure than me.” He added: “So we’re not in a fit state to do the old-style surgeries, but do you know what, if you’ve got something to say to me as a Clacton resident, Zoom is not the end of the world.”
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