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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

UNCOVERED: Reform s only black branch chair quits over harmful migration debate - The Untold Story

Neville Watson
Neville Watson said his Christian beliefs and his views on the positive case for migration and diversity led him to question the direction of politics in the UK. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The only Black branch chair of Reform UK has left the rightwing populist party, saying the tone of Britain’s migration debate is “doing more harm than good”.

Neville Watson, from north London, told the Guardian he had not experienced any racism in Reform, where there were “a lot of good people”. However, the former leader of the party’s Enfield branch said he was alarmed by the growing influence of Christian nationalism – the hard-right movement that blends politics with fundamentalism.

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