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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nNigel Farage caused a bizarre scene in east London as he rode a tank through the streets with a boxing champion.\n\nThe Reform UK leader and British boxer, Derek Chisora, decided to hop into a tank and take it for a spin at rush hour today.\n\nIt was part of the heavyweight boxer’s publicity stunt for his upcoming fight against American fighter Deontay Wilder.\n\nEarlier, Farage commented on the unrest in Clapham, which forced the high street to close after mobs of teens ransacked shops.\n\nThe Reform leader described the scenes as ‘appalling.’\n\nWhen asked about the scenes that unfolded in the south London borough this week during a Reform press conference, Farage said: ‘A lot of people are blaming social media platforms, I understand that.\n\n&\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘The people we should be blaming are not the social media platforms.\n\n‘The people we should be blaming are those who behave in such an appalling, frightening, intimidatory manner.\n\n‘And I’m afraid, London is broken, London is lawless.’\n\nHe claimed that victims of crime in London are not ‘bothering to report it because the police do nothing and you damage your prospects with the insurance company.’\n\nNigel Farage and heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora rode a tank through Tower Hamlets today (Picture: Action Images via Reuters)\n\nFootage shows Farage and Chisora, who is a vocal Reform supporter, riding the noisy tank along Cambridge Heath Road through Tower Hamlets.\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * Warning over closure at major London train station during Easter\n  * 'I've banned kids from my pub - why should parents let them run riot unsupervised?'\n  * Two men arrested over 'arson attack' on Jewish ambulances released on bail\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's**  London news hub._\n\nThe pair waved Union Jack flags as the pimped-out tank featuring the fight broadcaster Dazn and the fight date trundled along before arriving at the York Hall Leisure Centre.\n\nFarage was dressed in his signature suit despite the chilly weather, while Chisora, 42, was wrapped up in a Union Jack balaclava and combat-style gear.\n\nFarage and Chisora, who supports the right-wing party, waved tiny Union Jack flags (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nFarage said as he climbed into the tank: ‘This is something different.’\n\nIt came as a young man was shot dead on a south London estate.\n\nPolice have launched a murder investigation after a man died in Woolwich.\n\nOfficers were called to reports of a shooting at approximately 3.40pm on Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich.\n\nThree men have now been arrested in connection with the killing.\n\nAnother man was stabbed in Acton, west London and was transported by air ambulance to Royal London Hospital’s major trauma centre.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
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