Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist and extreme comments
Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views Reform UK has been rocked by a…
The Guardian reports: Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views Reform UK has been rocked by a fresh crisis after councillors and election candidates for the party were caught on film making graphic threats of extreme violence and expressing racist and misogynistic views.
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