A T-shirt depicting a guillotine aimed at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has sparked a police investigation, resulting in the company behind the shirt pulling it from shelves.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A T-shirt calling for Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage to be beheaded has been pulled from sale following widespread backlash. 📺 DETAIL: Sabcat Printing, a Manchester-based “anarchist co-operative,” removed the T-shirt from sale following an investigation into an Instagram post shared by Zack Polanski, leader of the far-left Green Party. The post shows a man at a Green Party event wearing a shirt with a picture of a guillotine and the phrase “We’re only making plans for Nigel,” a clear reference to executing the Reform UK leader. The company has stated fewer than 20 shirts were sold and that it was intended as “satire.” The incident follows the brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe, a legendary former Conservative Member of Parliament and government minister turned Reform UK immigration and justice spokeswoman. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “I accept it’s a dangerous message that I shared inadvertently, and I’ve corrected that immediately.” – Zack Polanski, Green Party leader on BBC Newsnight 🎯 IMPACT: The incident has reignited debates over political rhetoric. Since the post was shared, it has been reported that Reform UK has contacted the police to investigate Polanski. “If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski,” Farage stated on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The fact that the post was shared only a few weeks after the murder of Widdecombe, who was reportedly hit in the head 21 times with a hammer at her Devon home in an apparently politically motivated terror attack, has added to the backlash. However, Polanski has refused to apologize for sharing the post, despite mounting legal, political, and public pressure. |
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