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14 Oct 2026

Deeply racist views discussed by Reform UK councillors in undercover footage

Senior Political Correspondent

Councillors and candidates for Reform UK have been recorded making racist, anti-Muslim and misogynistic comments by undercover reporters for ITV’s Exposure programme.

Two of them even talk about keeping their views quiet until they are elected.

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Politics, UK, UK Politics, reform

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About this analysis

Channel 4 News runs a short video page reporting that Reform UK councillors and candidates were recorded by undercover reporters for ITV's Exposure making racist, anti-Muslim and misogynistic comments. The text is very thin and mostly page furniture, but it names the party, names the source of the footage and calls the comments what they are. Nothing in it misleads.

What it gets right

  • “Councillors and candidates for Reform UK have been recorded making racist, anti-Muslim and misogynistic comments by undercover reporters for ITV’s Exposure programme”

    It names the party, says plainly what the comments were, racist, anti-Muslim and misogynistic, and says where the footage comes from. It does not soften the comments into 'controversial remarks'.

  • “Two of them even talk about keeping their views quiet until they are elected”

    It reports a concrete, checkable detail from the footage, that some candidates spoke of hiding their views from voters. That gives readers a fact rather than a vague charge.

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