Nigel Farage is being asked to apologise after he and a Reform UK campaign team reportedly visited a community café unannounced, prompting complaints from the café’s organisers. According to reports, Farage stopped at the Hamlet Wigan CIC café in Makerfield while campaigning in the run-up to the by-election, where he and his group wanted tea and to use the toilets. The café is run by a community organisation that supports young adult trainees with additional needs and was said to be hosting a celebration at the time.
The café’s founder has alleged that the visit felt “intimidating and overwhelming” and that members of Farage’s entourage took photographs and videos without permission. Both outlets describe a request for an apology, with the organisers saying the uninvited nature of the visit and the behaviour during it caused distress.
The reports also note that Farage was campaigning alongside Reform’s Makerfield by-election candidate, Robert Kenyon, at the time of the stop. Further details about responses from Farage or Reform are not included in the excerpts provided.
