Hunters founder Kevin Hollinrake (main picture) has been accused of “inciting violence” by Nigel Farage after appearing to compare Reform UK members with Nazis.

Farage made the comments after Hollinrake posted a picture of a new Reform party logo on Twitter/X with a link to a Nazi emblem.

The Reform leader said that Hollinrake, who is the current Conservative Party chairman and was formerly the Shadow Housing Secretary, was “comparing our supporters and members to those who in the 1930s joined the Nazi Party”.

Not only is it only insulting and wrong but it’s actually inciteful and dangerous.”

“Not only is it only insulting and wrong but it’s actually inciteful and dangerous given the world we live in. Just think, that’s exactly what they were saying about Charlie Kirk in the United States of America. Shame on him.”

Charlie Kirk was a right wing activist in the United States, who was assassinated earlier this year.

Hollinrake hasn’t commented on the post or responded to Farage’s accusation, although Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed it was a joke.

The former agent was elected as the MP for Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire in 2015.

He co-founded Hunters in York in 1992, and helped build the business into a national agency with branches in London, Bristol, the Midlands, East Anglia and Manchester before stepping down to persue a career in politics.

Hunters has more than 200 offices, operating under a ‘territory-based franchise’, model, which was relaunched in 2022. It was acquired by TPFG for £24 million in 2021.