Matt Goodwin has lambasted those blaming Nigel Farage for Britain’s riots blasting the claims as ‘utterly outrageous and ‘hypocritical’.
The political commentator and data expert came to the defence of the Reform leader after he suffered a series of accusations following the protests and violence.
Matt Goodwin defended Nigel Farage
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He said: “Like him or loathe him, Nigel Farage has been one of the few voices in British politics who has consistently warned about what would happen if the country did not reduce legal immigration and control its own borders.
Writing on his substack channel, he added: “You don’t have to agree with his politics or like the man to accept this is true.
Violent anti-immigration riots took place across the country
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“Under both New Labour and Tory governments, Farage was the only consistent voice on this, warning, in the face of much vitriol, that spiralling levels of immigration, the transfer of legal powers to international courts, and a broken policy of multiculturalism would soon give rise to the very things we saw playing out on England’s streets last week —social tension, ethnic conflict, sectarianism.”
Goodwin went on to blame the elite class for being the cause of much of the riots by ‘ushering in policies like hyper-globalisation, mass immigration, and deindustrialisation.”
It comes as the former head of Counter-Terrorism policing, Neil Basu, suggested Farage’s social media activity could be investigated for “inciting” rioting.
The Times newspaper included a cartoon of Farage ‘fanning the flames’ of violence.
And Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips claimed Farage was ‘enabling’ the politics of the EDL.
Goodwin contined: “It wasn’t Nigel Farage who promised over and over again that the British people would “Take Back Control” of their own borders only to then completely lose control of them, allowing an assortment of illegal migrants and criminals into the country; it was the elite class.”
It comes as Nigel Farage received a poll boost which puts Reform UK in snatching distance of almost 20 seats.
Farage, who was elected alongside four other Reform UK candidates last month, could pick up around a dozen more after an Omnisis poll put the populist party on 21 per cent.
Reform UK received 14.7 per cent support on July 4, leaving the populist party second in just under 100 other seats.
The Tories found themselves down on their 2024 General Election drubbing, with just 20 per cent support.
Labour’s support appears somewhat stable at 33 per cent, with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party raking in 11 and eight per cent respectively.