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'BRITAIN MUST REMAIN CIVILISED'

Tim Farron blasts ‘racist’ Nigel Farage and warns of racists hijacking EU referendum result

Lib Dem leader has compared the Ukipper to French far-right politician Marine Le Pen

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LIB Dem leader Tim Farron has blasted Nigel Farage as a “racist” and accused him of trying to “hijack” the EU referendum result.

In a speech today Farron compared the outgoing Ukip leader to French far-right politician Marine Le Pen and said Leave voters are appalled by his actions.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is very angry with Nigel Farage and has compared him to far-right French politician Marine Le PenCredit: PA
Nigel Farage was overjoyed when Britain voted for Brexit
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Nigel Farage was overjoyed when Britain voted for Brexit and proclaimed it was our independence dayCredit: Reuters

Farron said: "Plenty of my mates voted Leave and I can tell you that the majority of those who did vote Leave are utterly appalled that Farage, Le Pen, and their ilk now seek to claim the result as a victory for their hateful brand of intolerance, racism and insularity.

"Britain is better than that.

“We will not stand by to let Nigel Farage or Marine Le Pen dictate our policy, our direction, or our morality."

He insisted the Government must guarantee the status of the three million EU citizens living in the UK and said Britain was now "bitterly divided" after a referendum in which voters on both sides were lied to.

In his speech to the IPPR thinktank in Manchester he added: "I make no distinction here between those who voted to Remain and those who voted to Leave.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen
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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Britain 'got the first shot in' by voting to leave the European UnionCredit: Splash News

“They were battered with dodgy statistics. From both sides. They were lied to. We, the political classes, have left a country bitterly divided as a result.

"Between parents and children, families, neighbours. Between the nations of our own union, who have worked and fought together for centuries.

“Between us and our continental neighbours. And now the biggest danger of them all.

“That because of those divisions, we are in danger of letting malevolent forces hijack the result."

Farron warned that Britain must remain "civilised" despite the narrow Leave win in the landmark national poll.
He warned a "new battle" is emerging "between the forces of tolerant liberalism and intolerant, closed-minded nationalism".

His speech came just days after a Polish man, Arek Jozwik, was attacked by a teenage mob as he chatted to Polish pals outside a pizza takeaway in Harlow, Essex.

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Arek Jozwik was beaten unconscious by teen mob outside pizza restaurantCredit: SWNS
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Tim Farron says Nigel Farage must not be allowed to dictate Britain's policies after BrexitCredit: Getty Images

The brother of the 40-year-old claims he was attacked by the teenagers because they heard him speaking in his mother tongue.

He died of head injuries after he and two Polish friends were beaten unconscious in what police believe may be a hate crime.

Arek, a sausage ­factory worker, had been in the UK for four years.


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