Nigel Farage has issued a direct message to Channel 4 after accusing the broadcaster of an election "stitch-up" following the release of its Reform UK racism report.
Farage, who was speaking to the populist party's supporters at the NEC in Birmingham, pointed out how a YouGov poll showed Reform UK were outperforming the Liberal Democrats among ethnic minority voters.
He said: "Channel 4, listen to this, YouGov polling published this morning, Reform UK is now polling higher with British ethnic minorities than the Liberal Democrats."
Following a rapturous round of applause, the Reform UK leader added: "So, Channel 4, put that in your bloody pipe and smoke it."
The YouGov opinion poll found Reform UK is hoovering up seven per cent support from ethnic minority voters, one per cent more than the Liberal Democrats.
The only minority ethnic group Reform UK is trailing the Liberal Democrats with is amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshis voters.
During his rally at the NEC in Birmingham, Farage was welcomed by a wall of noise before audience members booed the BBC for its Question Time coverage on Friday.
The national broadcaster, which claimed it selected an audience with wide ranging views, was accused of showing bias after Farage received a rough ride on issues ranging from race to immigration.
Farage is staging a boycott of the BBC until he receives an apology and reaffirmed Reform UK's commitment to scrapping the licence fee.
Turning his attention to Channel 4, Farage said: "And then we have Channel 4, a so-called public service broadcaster, well let me tell you, what happened in Clacton, Saturday week back, was the biggest put-up job and smear campaign I have seen in my entire life.
"That man (Andrew Parker) is a professional actor who has worked for Channel 4 in the past. Funny that isn't it?"
