Nigel Farage’s attack on Turkish barber shops amounts to dog-whistle racism without a credible plan to fix struggling high streets across the country, a government minister has said. The fundamentals aren’t to do with the colour of the skin of people running our high streets. Related: How has your local high street changed since 2019? Farage said in Facebook video last year that Turkish barber shops were “springing up everywhere”. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe government has also announced a crackdown on high street crime and illicit shops, including raids on car washes, nail bars and barber shops.