GENERAL election candidates in Scotland for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party have been slammed for “liking” and engaging with social media posts…
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Sweden is followed on X by Richard Tice – who was the Reform UK party leader until replaced by Farage on June 3 – as well as the official Reform UK Scotland account.Morton also liked posts from prominent conspiracy theorists such as David Icke, who has claimed the world is ruled by shape-shifting lizards. The prospective candidate made his X posts private, other than to approved followers, after we contacted Reform.Party, Reform was founded as a business by Farage in 2018.
Morton also liked a recent post from former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s security council. In it, Medvedev appeared to attribute the attempted assassination of Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, to being “not a Russophobe”. Hamilton told The Ferret: “I was unaware of this man’s appalling views when I shared a post about Scottish farmers.”
The veteran Eurosceptic’s return to frontline politics has given his party a boost in support. A YouGov poll conducted shortly after his return to the helm put Reform within two points of the Conservatives. TheBut pollsters have yet to predict Reform taking any seats. Farage said his goal is to win “millions” more votes than his former right wing party, UKIP, and make Reform the official opposition.
In 2015, Majury, a former Tory councillor in Stirling, reportedly used a social media account to deride benefit claimants, make derogatory remarks about Catholics and said the term Nazi is “an accurate description” of Scottish nationalists.
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