Nigel Farage's Welsh Remarks Spark Controversy

0:00On March 19, reform UK leader Nigel Farage is spacing sharp criticism after referring to Welsh people as foreign speakers in a paid video message. In the clip, made for a wedding greeting, he joked about skipping the event because half the guests were Welsh, saying he did not know what might. Happen around all those foreign speakers. The video came through the cameo app where people pay celebrities for short personal messages. Surfaced in the Guardian, just seven weeks before Wales is sent an election in May, as reform pushes to take the lead in the Welsh government. Rival parties quickly condemned the remark. Labour highlighted Farage's disdain for Wales in its language while conservatives called it a gross insult. Plaid Kymru said reform is unfit for power, and Liberal Democrats labeled it disgraceful ignorance. Greens added that he shows no respect for Wales. Members spokesperson clarified that cameo videos are just fun requests from the public, not political statements.

1:00A reform member in the Senate stressed Wales as a bilingual nation where everyone should feel welcome, regardless of language. As polls show Plaid Kymru in reform neck and neck with Labour holding on in Cardiff Bay, this flap adds tension to the race ahead.