Snap reaction from the BBC QT Leaders broadcast

Speaking from the spin room at the BBC QT Leaders, Green Party Baroness, Natalie Bennet, said,

“The contrast between the fear mongering of Nigel Farage and the positive, ambitious hope offered by Adrian Ramsay and The Green Party could not have been clearer. Tonight, Adrian showed what a Green society with real investment in our frontline service could offer; a fully funded NHS, an affordable house building programme, and real action on the climate crisis. He showed what real hope and real change looked like. In contrast Farage continued to deliver a message of bile and hate, with dog whistle politics a regular ‘feature’.”

She continued, “As an immigrant myself – albeit a privileged one – I found his scapegoating particularly offensive. Adrian in contrast was clear, the failing frontline services that we can all see, is as a result of 14 years of Tory managed decline and the conspiracy of silence between the Conservatives and Labour who now have a shared vision of underfunding our frontline services”.

She added: “As a former newspaper editor, I have no question about who I would trust, Channel Four or Mr Farage. And the Channel Four expose of Reform language on the streets in this election reminded me very clearly of Mr Farage’s words in the 2015 leader debates when he sought to question HIV treatment being made available to foreign-born patients.”