CASH WASTED
Brexit Party shops for kit in Bangladesh and China TV scramble for PM’s mate
THE Brexit Party is sourcing official merchandise in Bangladesh and China – despite leader Nigel Farage’s vowing to fight for “British jobs for British people”.
A £10 T-shirt and £24.99 hoodie are both made in Bangladesh, where textile workers pocket as little as 39p an hour.
And a Brexit party cap costing £8 is manufactured in China.
The news comes after outsourcing was blamed for a surge in illegal sweatshops as UK manufacturers are undercut by cheap imports.
Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies attacked Mr Farage’s party for “exploiting” workers overseas and branded them “self-serving bandits”.
Mr Davies said: “Brexit Party fantasies of returning to the 1950s appear to be reflected in the way they treat foreign workers. Vulnerable workers are never on the minds of the Brexit Party, either at home or abroad.”
Items including a Brexit Party teddy bear, tea towel and pillow were found to be made in the UK. But a Brexit Party scarf, tie and socks did not feature countries of origin on their labels.
A recent report said textile workers in Leicester are paid less than the UK minimum wage as factories break the law to compete with dirt-cheap imports.
Meanwhile, the UK this year experienced its largest contraction in three years as car plants shut down and BORIS Johnson’s pal Jennifer Arcuri is looking to carve out a reality TV career and has been in talks to appear in a string of hit UK shows.
The US businesswoman, an, at the centre of a conflict of f interest investigation involving volving the PM, has been in early discussions with Dancing on Ice and I’m a Celebrity. y.
A source close to Jennifer nifer production dropped 24% amid Brexit fears. In June, we told how campaigners funding Mr Farage were selling £20 T-shirts made in Bangladesh.
The tees were on sale from the Leave. EU campaign, which boasts it is “backing Britain” and wants more jobs here.
Leave.EU is bankrolled by tycoon Arron Banks, who donated £450,000 to Mr Farage after his European election triumph with the Brexit Party.
That victory came 10 years after he promised “British jobs for British people” while campaigning for departure from the EU.
The Brexit Party is registered as a company rather than a political party and was criticised after it emerged anybody in the world could join with a £25 PayPal donation.
In August, it launched its membership club, charging £100 a month for VIP access to conferences and rallies, a quarterly letter from chairman Richard Tice, invitations to “exclusive party events” and a “bespoke welcome gift”.
The Brexit Party said: “Our button badges, rear window stickers, tea towels, travel mugs and scarves are all manufactured in the UK.
“We are committed to international free trade, we don’t want to be stuck behind a protectionist trade wall. The Lib Dems are little Europeans. Despite this, much of their own merchandise comes from overseas, notably the Far East.” told the Sunday Mirror: “Producers know she’s entertaining and think she’s got more secrets to spill about Boris.” Arcuri, 34, received more than £100,00 £100,000 worth of grants while Johnso Johnson was London Mayor. It was revealed r he visited her flat for ““technology lessons”.
M Ms Arcuri is also alleged to hav have received preferential trea treatment when she went on thre three overseas trade missions.