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Nigel Farage left UKIP for that very reason. The Brexit party is fairly moderate and would be described as center-right, just shy of the conservatives.


The Brexit Party was just a face-saving rebrand for UKIP. It didn't take long for the mask to start slipping, with the party's founder resigning after retweeting racist posts from far-right figures.

Of course, Farage himself may denounce such things:

> I set the party up, she was the administrator that got it set up.

( https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/12/former-ukip... )

Which is an interesting contrast to his remarks when the party was being formed:

> This was Catherine's idea entirely - but she has done this with my full knowledge and my full support.

( https://www.independent.ie/business/brexit/the-new-ukip-nige... )

Friendly reminder that it's very easy, and very common, for racists to disavow their racism when it's expedient to do so (e.g. an extreme example https://youtu.be/zcoYKuoiUrY?t=1568 )




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