Why Nigel Farage is wrong about London being 'minority white'

In a wide seen video connected Twitter erstwhile Ukip person Nigel Farage claimed that caller census figures showed that "London, Birmingham and Manchester are each present number achromatic cities".

He is referring to figures released connected 29 November, based connected the 2021 Census, which included ethnicity breakdowns for section authorities successful England and Wales.

The census is simply a immense workout carried retired each 10 years by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - radical are compelled by instrumentality to capable successful their census forms.

Mr Farage is incorrect successful astir of this claim.

If you adhd up the 33 section authorities successful Greater London for the 5 ONS categories of achromatic people:

It turns retired that 53.8% of Londoners said they were achromatic successful 2021 - truthful a achromatic majority.

In 2011, this fig was 59.8%.

Looking astatine the archetypal class of radical identifying themselves arsenic white, truthful English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish oregon British, this accounted for 36.8% successful London.

In 2011, this fig was 44.9%.

There were immoderate section authorities successful London successful 2021 with beneath 50% identifying arsenic white.

They were Newham, Brent, Redbridge, Harrow, Tower Hamlets, Ealing, Hounslow, Barking and Dagenham, Hillingdon and Croydon.

Manchester, which is simply a azygous section authority, had 56.8% identifying arsenic achromatic - truthful a achromatic majority.

In 2011, this fig was 66.7%.

Those who identified arsenic achromatic English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish oregon British stood astatine 48.7%.

In 2011, this fig was 59.3%.

Birmingham had 48.6% identifying arsenic achromatic - truthful a achromatic number - Mr Farage was close astir this city.

In 2011, this fig was 57.9%.

Those who identified arsenic achromatic English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish oregon British stood astatine 42.9%.

In 2011, this fig was 53.1%.

Other section authorities with little than fractional of radical identifying arsenic achromatic were: Slough, Leicester and Luton.

Mr Farage besides claimed that "only 46% present place arsenic Christian".

He is close astir that. There were 27.5 cardinal radical who answered the voluntary religion question connected the census saying they were Christian, which is down 5.8 cardinal from the erstwhile census successful 2011.

The different large alteration successful the religion class was radical identifying arsenic having nary religion, which had accrued by 8.1 cardinal to 22.2 cardinal people.

Mr Farage ended his Twitter video by saying: "The ONS present accidental successful aboriginal they volition not inquire the nationality oregon birthplace of those taking portion successful this census... successful aboriginal they privation to fell the existent figures from you... it's a scandal."

He appears to beryllium referring to the adjacent census. If that happens, it volition beryllium successful 2031, but thing has been decided astir that census, including whether it volition beryllium conducted astatine all.

The ONS told Reality Check: "These claims are simply not true. We published the latest state of commencement statistic from the census earlier this period and our latest migration estimates past week.

"We are reviewing the champion methods to nutrient estimates of the UK colonisation arsenic portion of our translation of colonisation and migration statistic making the champion usage of each disposable data."

"Using caller methods, we mean to nutrient our adjacent estimates of the non-UK calved colonisation successful 2023."