Reform UK has been talking a big game about professionalising.Nigel Farage is keen to show a smarter, more reputable side to his party since it put up racists, extremists and cranks in last year’s general election — including one who praised Hitler. Reform’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, bragged last week that he now had an “incredible” talent pool. 🤔 A HOPE not hate investigation of the party’s candidates in the upcoming local elections reveals a very different picture. Our focus this week has been Doncaster, where we identified seven candidates — more than a tenth of the total — whose behaviour raises urgent questions about the suitability of a party seeking to lead the next government. Do you think it’s right that a Reform candidate like Steve Plater, standing in Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft, said Muslims “can’t wash off the smell of donkeys”? Is it OK for a Reform candidate like Gerald Squire, standing in Norton & Askern, to post in support of Tommy Robinson 41 times in 2024? 📲 Is it acceptable for a Reform candidate like Guy Aston, standing in Wheatley Hills & Intake, to repeatedly endorse a conspiracy theory that Jewish families are trying to destroy white people? Reform wants to win big in Doncaster next month. They want you to think they are a professional party ready for power. Do you believe them? 🕵️‍♂️ This is the first in a series on Reform’s dodgy candidates. Read our full investigation today 👇
|
