British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has condemned comments by a former aide to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage that labelled her a “Nigerian scammer”, describing them as racist attacks that will not succeed.
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Badenoch said the remarks showed “the sort of people they are” and accused Reform UK figures of trying to exploit her Nigerian background for political gain.
“I think they think that maybe using my race is a way for them to improve their standing,” she said. “Britain is not a racist country, and because it’s not a racist country, their racist attacks and using my race as an attack form is not going to work.”
The comments came from Raheem Kassam, a former senior aide to Farage and one-time editor-in-chief of Breitbart News. In social media posts, Kassam called Badenoch an “unrelenting scammer” and wrote: “How are people still falling for this Nigerian scammer? Don’t give her your credit card number and bank account details!”
Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick declined to condemn the posts when asked on ITV whether he considered them racist. He said he did not, though he acknowledged they could be unpleasant or rude. “It’s not my place to police everybody’s tweets who may or may not be a supporter of Reform,” he said.
Farage faced similar questions on BBC Breakfast earlier in the week. “I don’t think saying somebody grew up in Nigeria is racist,” he said. He later described the comment as over the top but maintained it was not intentionally racist.
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