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Protesters Interrupt Farage's Reform UK Rally in Croydon

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Nigel Farages Reform UK rally in Croydon was disrupted by Green New Deal Rising activists, who criticized his lack of support for working-class people and ties to billionaire funders. The protesters, part of a youth climate movement, were met with boos and cheers from the crowd before being removed by security. One protester, Alex, accused Reform of voting against workers rights and pushing harsh deportation plans. The group also launched an online tool to help find anti-Reform campaign spots. The incident occurred hours after a half-million-person march against far-right politics in London.

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Protesters Interrupt Farage's Reform UK Rally in Croydon

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Protesters Interrupt Farage's Reform UK Rally in Croydon. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On March 29, Nigel Farage got interrupted at his reform UK rally in Croydon, South London, on Sunday, March 28. Two young protesters from the Green New Deal Rising Group jumped in during his speech at Fairfield Halls, calling out his lack of support for, working class folks and ties to billionaire funders. These activists, part of a youth climate movement, timed their disruption ahead of the May local elections where they're pushing hard against. Reforms growing influence. They sat separately, but both got their messages out before security stepped in. The crowd drowned them out with booze, yelling for them to shut up, and reform supporters cheered as the pair got dragged away. One protestor, a 30-year-old named Alex, whose parents are a bricklayer and teaching assistant, slammed reform for voting against workers' rights, and pushing harsh deportation plans amid rising costs and climate woes. Meanwhile, Green New Deal Rising launched an online tool called My Election Map, folks just punch in their postcode to find nearby anti-reform campaign.

Spots. Farage's ironcroydon, currently under conservative control, as a key battleground. This all went down hours after half a million marched in London with the Together Alliance, standing united against far-ri politics, setting the stage for a heated election run-up.

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