Reform UK ramps up spending on 'racist' Facebook advert attacking Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party has now spent almost £25,000 on the controversial social media video.
Reform UK have ramped up their spending on a 'blatantly racist' by-election advert about Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
When the Record first broke the story last month, Nigel Farage 's party had spent nearly £8,000 on the ad.
The figure is now closer to £25,000 and the content has reached one million screens, according to Meta.
The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, a three horse race between Reform, the SNP and Labour, has been marred by allegations of racism.
An online Reform post which was put out on Facebook and Instagram said of Sarwar: "Anas Sarwar has said he will prioritise the Pakistani community."
It then cuts to a video of the Glasgow MSP telling an audience: 'The days where South Asian political communities get to lead political parties and get to lead countries is now upon is.'
However, the video of Sarwar showed he did not say he will 'prioritise the Pakistani community."
Sarwar condemned the ad as 'blatantly racist' and dismissed Farage as a 'dangerous clown'.
Farage responded by screening the ad at a Reform event and accusing Sarwar of sectarian politics.
The Meta figures show the spend has increased in the wake of the controversy.
A Scottish Labour spokesperson said: 'Nigel Farage and Reform can throw as much money at their bigoted adverts as they like, they cannot hide the fact that Farage crashed the Reform campaign and ran away like a coward.
' Farage admitted they can't win, that he wants to cut money from Scotland's NHS and doubled down on his ludicrous bigoted claims.
'Nigel Farage is a pathetic little man and his campaign in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse has fallen apart - only two parties are fighting to win. Only Scottish Labour can beat the SNP.
'On Thursday, vote for a local champion - Scottish Labour's Davy Russell - and reject the poison of Reform and the failures of the SNP.'
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