"When Nigel Farage told a journalist this week she should write some silly story and we won't bother to read it, it provoked an instant and divided reaction. For some it was a masterclass in dealing with mainstream media, but for others it was rude, dismissive, misogynistic, arrogant. Behind the scenes, Farage's treatment of the Financial Times's Anna Gross which was met with mirth and applause among Reform diehards in the room provoked disquiet and anger among lobby journalists across the political spectrum."
"It is not the first time Farage has been accused of patronising a female journalist. When the former BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Mishal Husain asked him about the potential consequences of shooting down Russian planes last October, Farage responded: Listen love, you're trying ever so hard. A month later he accused the Telegraph's Camilla Tominey of playing a silly little game when she asked who his chancellor would be."
Nigel Farage publicly dismissed a Financial Times journalist by telling her to write a "silly story" that Reform supporters would not read, prompting sharply divided reactions. Several incidents of condescension toward female journalists have been recorded, including remarks to Mishal Husain and Camilla Tominey. Those interactions generated disquiet and anger among lobby journalists and commentators. Concurrent policy moves by Reform UK include hiring a hardline anti-abortion theologian as head of policy and a pledge to repeal the Equality Act, which has intensified questions about the party's stance on women's rights and equality.
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