Reform has had no serious vetting process in place.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/08/reform-uk-published-candidates-list-early-media-help-vet
It took the media investigating to get them to drop;
- a candidate who referred to non-white politicians as "foreigners", and called for the assassination of Rishi Sunak.
- a candidate who compared nurses working through the pandemic, to Jimmy Savile.
- a candidate who spoke about his desire to mass deport Muslims, and also said Jews had caused the world misery.
- a candidate who was a convicted paedophile.
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