Reform UK has dropped its parliamentary candidate for the South Ribble constituency at the next general election after accusations by a campaign group that he made racist comments on social media.
Hope Not Hate highlighted tweets by Jonathan Kay in which he made derogatory remarks about Muslims and black people. The organisation said it had found posts from Mr. Kay on the website now known as X in which he said Muslims should be deported as they “never coexist with others” . The group also quoted a tweet about the intelligence of people from Africa, in which he claimed of their IQ: “Africans and sub-Saharan Africans are among the lowest in the world and below 85 the U.S.
Hope Not Hate, which campaigns against the far right, said the pair were 'wildly unsuitable for public office' and derided the party’s vetting process for candidates as “non-existent”. Both men were removed as Reform candidates on Wednesday, following the publication of Hope Not Hate's findings. >» Sign up for our free newsletters now. A spokesman for the party said: 'Reform has removed our candidates for Orpington and South Ribble.
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