ITV News says 1 of its undercover reporters was asked if helium would see lasting to beryllium a councillor, aft spending clip leafleting with Reform activists.
He meets with the president of a section Reform subdivision successful Chester, Ian Frost, who describes the gathering arsenic "the archetypal stage" of the vetting process.
After the newsman says helium has antecedently posted successful enactment of Robinson connected societal media, Frost advises him to delete the posts.
"Anything wherever you've got, things, Tommy Robinson oregon thing similar that, okay, I would delete the relationship and I'd commencement again," Frost adds.
Farage has said Robinson would not beryllium allowed to articulation Reform.
Frost aboriginal suggests the undercover newsman could use to basal for the party, saying: "You mightiness go a councillor. You mightiness past privation to spell to the MP route. So, societal media, yeah. And apply."
Frost told ITV News helium thought the newsman was a genuine campaigner and gave him the payment of the doubt.
He added that it was not just to justice radical connected a azygous speech and helium had since near Reform for unrelated reasons.
In different portion of the film, a erstwhile Reform campaigner - Alex Lomas - claims helium failed the party's vetting process twice, including for sharing societal media posts from Robinson.
However, Lomas says a fewer days aft helium failed for the 2nd clip helium was asked to basal for the party.
"On my 2nd application, I got declined connected the Friday, I got an email from them connected the Tuesday saying you've passed vetting," helium is recorded arsenic saying.
"I said, well, I deliberation you amended cheque with your paperwork, mate, due to the fact that I've conscionable failed connected Friday. Now, you're saying I've passed it, I've not changed anything.
"And past I got a telephone telephone a fewer days later. Hi, volition you basal for Reform UK? I'm like, yea okay."
He stood for Reform successful section elections successful Oldham successful May but did not triumph a spot connected the council.
The BBC has not been capable to interaction Lomas and helium did not respond to requests for remark from ITV News.
Reform denies Lomas failed vetting successful the archetypal place.
ITV's undercover study besides shows Farage ruling a arguable mayoral campaigner Dr Chris Parry – who said the past Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy should spell location to the Caribbean – should beryllium made to apologise, but not basal down.
In a speech astatine Reform's headquarters, the party's manager of communications Ed Sumner suggests Farage is "protecting" Parry.
In effect Farage says: "It's showing a spot of sorrow."
In a abstracted speech respective weeks earlier, wherever Farage was not present, Sumner is recorded saying Parry is "clearly a racist" and "needs to go".
After apologising to Lammy successful January, Parry was allowed to stay Reform's mayoral campaigner successful Hampshire and the Solent until helium was aboriginal suspended successful March "pending investigation", pursuing comments astir a Jewish voluntary patrol service.
Parry told the BBC determination was ne'er an probe and helium has since near the party.
He said: "I would impulse radical to spell backmost to the archetypal contexts and tweets to spot what was said and why. They related to reparations and failures by the constabulary and government.
"They volition spot I ever workout my close to criticise anyone successful powerfulness oregon the nationalist eye, whom I justice to beryllium acting against the interests of the British people."
Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said: "These latest shocking and profoundly disturbing revelations spell close to the apical of Reform UK.
"Nigel Farage needs to aftermath up and realise the subordinate stops with him. He besides indispensable urgently explicate wherefore helium allegedly stood by a blatant racist alternatively of kicking him retired of his party.
"Time and again Farage has had each accidental to show enactment and get Reform's location successful bid and each azygous clip helium has failed."
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