NIGEL FARAGE’S bias allegations against BBC Wales were unequivocally condemned by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) today.

The Reform UK leader accused the broadcaster of left-wing bias earlier this month because its interim director of nations, Rhuanedd Richards, is a former chief executive of Plaid.

The NUJ in Wales said: “This is unacceptable behaviour, and additionally so from someone who is paid handsomely to present his own show on another broadcaster, and has a vested interest in undermining the BBC. 

“Ms Richards, by contrast, is a TV executive of the utmost integrity who is strongly committed to impartial broadcasting, a point she made clearly in a speech to the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Autumn Conference only this week.”

The union also condemned “the attempt to bully Nation.Cymru with legal threats” following articles it has published about Reform UK that exposed racist, homophobic and other offensive comments made by the party’s director of communications Ed Sumner.