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Nigel Farage was compared to Enoch Powell by a Labour minister.A Labour minister has called Nigel Farage a “reincarnation” of anti-immigration figure Enoch Powell.Powell was a Conservative shadow minister in 1968 when he made his “rivers of blood” speech, which was blamed for deepening racial tensions at the time.Meanwhile, Farage, the leader of Reform UK and the MP for Clacton, has been calling for stronger controls on immigration for years.Business secretary Peter Kyle was promoting the government’s goal for creating a stronger economy when he hit out at his political rival over the weekend.Speaking at the Co-operative Party conference, the senior minister said: “The truth is that without securing higher, sustained economic growth, reconnecting people and politics, generating trust in the potential of democracy and importance of good government becomes almost impossible.“And the appeal of the parties of the far right – with their dogma of disruption, division and despair – it becomes, too, alluring.”Kyle continued: “We see it today with Reform, just as we did in previous times with the National Front and the British National Party.“Lack of economic growth it is the cause. Nigel Farage, today’s incarnation of the politics of Enoch Powell, is the effect.”Reform UK declined to comment.Kyle has previously attacked Reform over the party’s opposition to the government’s Online Safety Act.He claimed people like Jimmy Savile would have used the internet to exploit children if still alive today – and claimed anyone opposed to the government’s incoming law against such behaviour would be on Savile’s “side”.Reform UK have consistently led in the polls this year, despite Labour’s landslide victory in July 2024 – a time when Farage’s party secured just a handful of MPs.Labour has subsequently been trying to take the wind of the party’s sails as ministers openly admit they see Reform as the real opposition to the government.Related...4 Times Nigel Farage Has Flip-Flopped Over Key Policies Amid Reform s Rise Whose Side Do You Think He s On? Farage Slammed For Suggesting Minimum Wage Should Be Lower Labour Must Give Power Back To The People To Fend Off Farage s Shallow Offering

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