West Midlands Labour MPs write to borough Reform leader after alleged posts by Stuart Prior
Labour MPs have called for a Reform UK election candidate in Essex to be suspended after he allegedly celebrated the rape of two Sikh women in the Midlands.
A joint investigation by the Mirror and the anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate alleged Stuart Prior, who is standing for Reform in Rayleigh West (for Essex county council) as well as Sweyne Park and Grange (for Rochford district council), had made a string of racist comments on social media in the past few months. This included declaring white people the “master race” and calling Muslim people “rats”.
Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MP and co-founder of Your Party, in a post on X in October, highlighted the rapes of two Sikh and Punjabi women in Walsall and Oldbury and said: “These horrifying attacks show how racism and misogyny feed each other – fuelled by the rise of fascism and hate.” In response, Prior, 54, is alleged to have said: “Good. Reap it.”
Two Sikh women, both in their 20s, were raped in separate attacks in Walsall and Oldbury last year. Last week, John Ashby, 32, was sentenced to life in prison for the racially motivated rape of the woman in Walsall.
