Farage backs election candidate appearing to do Nazi salute in photo

Reform leader Nigel Farage has stood by one of his party's leading candidates for May's Senedd election, after a photograph was published appearing to show him perform a Nazi salute. In the picture Corey Edwards, a former Conservative ministerial adviser, is seen with his right arm in the air and with a finger under his nose. Farage said it looked terrible and he "wouldn't approve of it" but said Edwards would not be kicked out of the party. The party leader said he was impersonating Basil Fawlty, although a statement from Edwards suggested he had also been impersonating Welsh footballer Wayne Hennessey. Corey Edwards was previously a special adviser to Conservative Welsh Secretary David TC Davies. He was announced as the party's lead candidate for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg on Wednesday evening, meaning if the party wins a seat in the Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan constituency he is certain to be elected. It is not clear where the image, which was originally published by the Nation.Cymru news site on Thursday, was taken or obtained. Reform said the picture was taken in 2019. In explaining the photograph, the Reform leader referred to an episode of the 70s BBC TV series Fawlty Tower