Nigel Farage has been in comparison with Jeremy Corbyn by senior Tories following a string of "morally fallacious" feedback about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Reform UK chief had been internet hosting a phone-in on LBC on Monday by which he accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of "being impolite" to Donald Trump and JD Vance on the White Home.
"I feel President Zelensky was very unwise to inform the Individuals what would occur to them in the event that they didn't again him, I feel it was unwise," Farage stated.
"Yeah, positive, Vance and Trump bit again. However I feel, in diplomatic phrases, I feel Zelensky performed it very badly."
Farage added that he was "not defending what they did" – however stated Trump's strategy to diplomacy is "wholly unconventional".
In response, Tory Shadow Overseas Secretary Priti Patel stated: "Nigel Farage is totally fallacious. President Zelensky is a hero who has stood as much as Putin's aggression, and led his nation's defence in opposition to their barbaric and unlawful invasion over the past three years – and it’s troubling to not hear the Chief of Reform say that.
"For Nigel Farage to sit down there pointing the finger at Zelensky is each morally fallacious and diplomatically counterproductive.
"At this unsure and harmful time, one would hope that MPs of all stripes can be placing our nationwide curiosity first, reasonably than enjoying politics.
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"However sadly, it’s not stunning. Like Jeremy Corbyn, the chief of Reform UK appears to have historical past equivocating over Russia’s unlawful warfare in Ukraine."
Disgraced ex-Labour chief Corbyn had referred to as for the West to cease arming Ukraine a number of months after Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion on pro-Russian TV in Lebanon.
Earlier than taking the helm of the social gathering – and following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea – he claimed the "root of the disaster" lay in "the US drive to increase eastwards" and described Russia's actions as "not unprovoked".
A Reform UK spokesman hit again, telling GB Information: "It’s astounding that the architect of open border mass immigration, Priti Patel, wilfully ignores Reform UK's repeated requires safety ensures for Ukraine in any peace deal.
"While the Tories attempt to politicise this case, Reform UK will proceed to name for peace and safety ensures for Ukraine."
Addressing MPs earlier this afternoon, the PM asserted that "Zelensky is a warfare chief whose nation has been invaded, and we should always all be supporting him and never fawning over Putin".
He re-emphasised that Russia was the aggressor and burdened that the Ukrainian chief had completed nothing fallacious.
Since, the Liberal Democrats have launched a scathing assault on Farage's feedback this morning, releasing a mock commercial for a "plastic patriot" Nigel Farage doll – which comes "100 per cent spine free" and with a "boot-licking function".
Accompanying the picture, the Liberal Democrats posted on X: "Farage has caught to his weapons at present – unapologetically pro-Putin, pro-Musk and pro-Trump.
"He's actually not pro-Britain – it doesn’t matter what Reform says – he's a plastic patriot."