Reform UK has dropped two parliamentary candidates after they were found to have made racist comments on social media. The candidates, Jonathan Kay and Mick Greenhough, made derogatory remarks about Muslims and black people in their tweets. Campaign group Hope Not Hate called them 'wildly unsuitable for public office'.
Reform UK has dropped a Lancashire parliamentary candidate after accusations he made racist comments on social media . Campaign group Hope Not Hate found tweets by candidates Jonathan Kay in which he made derogatory comments about Muslims and black people . Mr Kay, who was standing for election in South Ribble, tweeted in 2019 that Muslims “never coexist with others” and should be deported, and claimed Africans had IQs “among the lowest in the world”.
Another Reform candidate in Orpington, Mick Greenhough, has also been dropped after he tweeted in 2023 that “the only solution” was to “remove the Muslims from our territory” and in 2019 said Ashkenazi Jews were a “problem” and had “caused the world massive misery”. Hope Not Hate, which campaigns against the far right, said the pair were “wildly unsuitable for public office”. READ MORE: Both men were removed as Reform candidates yesterday (April 3), following the publication of Hope Not Hate’s finding
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