Second Reform candidate quits and backs Tories over ‘racism and misogyny’

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1. Rare example of a rat jumping off a ship that hasn’t been launched yet and swimming to a sinking ship and geting on that.

   How do you get as far as joining the Reform party as a candidate and not realise it’s a party full of racist, misogynistic, and bigoted people ?

2. I decided to join the Leopard Party and they proceeded to eat my face, so now I’m joining the Tiger Party.

3. Yeah I’m not buying these recent Reform defectors suddenly gaining a conscience. You don’t join Reform without being aware of the racism and misogyny.

4. Georgie u r well fick.

   Either that or something else is going on. I refuse to believe anybody in possession of something bigger than a shrivelled walnut inside their skull could be surprised when it turns out that the far right party they voluntarily joined attracts people with far right views.

5. Can’t believe Reform have turned out to be comprised of bigots. Thank goodness the good ones can hop over to the tories, who wouldn’t dream of being racist or misogynistic.

6. Says she has no doubt the senior leadership isn’t racist, whilst saying the vast majority of their selected candidates are racist, misogynistic and bigoted.

   Er, OK. I’m sure thats just a terrible coincidence and they picked those candidates for completely unrelated reasons…

7. Joins a racist and sexist party and acts surprised when there racist and misogynist lmao.

8. Look forward to seeing what job she gets given in the conservative party. You all know what’s going on here, don’t act stupid

9. The Reform vetting process fails again. They let in a non-racist.

10. Headlines not very clear. They back the Tories approach to being racist and misogynistic?

11. This has turned into a complete pantomime frankly. These things are suspect in a few cases and will only help the Tories keep a significant amount of seats given how sensitive a few hundred votes could be in some seats.

    But it fits my biases, so….

12. I very much doubt she was serious in the first place. More likely set up by the Conservative Party after ReformUK has completely embarrassed them. There’s no way a grown adult doesn’t know what they are getting into when they join ReformUK. Most reasonable people see straight through this kind of stuff.

13. I’m at a funeral, all people are talking about is the election and how it’ll be a disaster if labour get in. They can’t seem to see the damage the stories have done with austerity over the last 14 years because their houses have consistently gone up in value. That’s all they care about.
    Boomers will keep voting with their wallet as long as the daily mail tells them it’s the right thing to do unfortunately.

14. What were they expecting. That’s their entire platform

15. quits party for racist, misogynistic, and bigoted views

    joins another party full of racist misogynistic bigots

16. “Oh no, I found racism and misogyny in the Racism and Misogyny party” like what did you think you were signing up for?

17. So she wants the racism and misogyny dial set to 10, not 11. Gotcha.

18. Is it that they realised people are remembering Farage is a Russia ally and so are suddenly remembering their morals?

19. There is an odd irony here in so much that this is Reform’s big chance because everything the Tories have done (to appease Reform like Brexit) has failed utterly.

    We can only hope a few years of competent government from Starmer will reduce the popularist noise. France suggests it won’t of course.

20. So shouldn’t that make them an independent. This is suss as hell.

21. For people voting Reform because they don’t like tories, take note that no Reform candidates quit and backs any other party.

    They are just a different wing of the Tory party.

22. UKIP candidates used to quit shortly after chatting to actual voters as well.

23. In classic reform gaslighting, they are saying she is wrong to raise it, her statement is false as she’s not met all 600, it was a vetting issue as she was a last minute addition and they will find a better (more racist?) candidate next time!

    If those on the inside can see what this party is, it’s amazing so many accounts on here are still defending them

24. Probably handed a bribe to not split the vote for that seat.

25. A very quick google will show that she is a case study in poor life choices.

26. Tory party renamed to Faceless Leopard Victim Support Party

27. Wait… WHAT? lmao reform candidates defecting to tories now. What a fucking circus the right is now.

28. Weird. You’d think racism and misogyny were attractive features to a conservative.

29. I think this is a fitting analogy:

    They piled on the first lifeboat after the Titanic started sinking in desperation. When they realised they overburdened it and it too started to sink, they all fled searching for whatever else was left above water.

30. I have no idea what’s actually going on here but nobody is leaving party of racism and misogyny over racism and misogyny.

31. “I knew they were racist, I mean that’s one of the reasons I joined, but I didn’t think they’d be racist to ME”

32. How can they not know this when signing up? Surely someone so interested in politics that they wish to stand MUST know this?!

    Then again if they are defecting to the Tory party I’m guessing their interest can’t have been to high otherwise they’ve missed the last 14 years.

33. i’d honestly rather these reform candidates say what they truly think about women and people of colour outloud. if they have no shame, why are they trying so hard to hide it? be loud and proud after all.

34. That the Tories of all people are preferable to this person really says something about the overtness of Reform’s racism.

35. Good call. Definitely none of that in the Tory party

36. I think she should be investigated along with Tory Party tbh. Reform UK candidates informing that CCHQ calling round and begging for top jobs / seats if they trash Reform and Farage.

    The Tories are a disgrace and I now see what many have said on reddit for years. They corrupt. Surely if what is claimed is true then some investigation needs to take place. Bribing candidates for jobs / seats. Not a good look.

37. Seeing some of the sneering and ridiculous comments about Reform in this reddit. Gurl please.

    I am voting Reform and proud to do so.

    These racist pathetic arguments don’t wash. That tactic is thankfully failing.

38. Presumably it’s too late to take her off the ballot? What happens to any votes she gets? They already have a Tory candidate standing. And it’s not like the Reform votes will automatically transfer to Tory, right?

39. It’s almost like “I’m a bit of a piece of shit” “but I’m not THAT much of a piece of shit” turns out though, still a piece of shit.

40. Isn’t there a story going around that someone put a plant in Reform to spout this?

41. Imagine being a non-white woman who chose to join Reform and then being _surprised_ to be met with racism and misogyny. The sheer stupidity it must take.