Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNigel Farage defended his Makerfield by-election candidate, Robert Kenyon, over past misogynistic and anti-abortion comments, dismissing them as "pub talk" and "laddish things". Kenyon, a Reform UK candidate, had made comments on a now-deleted X account, including supporting an offensive post about Carol Vorderman, claiming women cannot drive, and stating "I'm sexist". He also described abortion as a "cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby" and suggested women use it for "vanity purposes". Farage, speaking at a press conference in Makerfield, claimed the comments were a decade old and taken out of context, while also unveiling a new tax policy for the self-employed. The Makerfield by-election is scheduled for Thursday 18 June, with growing speculation that Labour's Andy Burnham is expected to win. In full‘So what?’: Farage dismisses Reform candidate’s misogyny as ‘a few laddish things on social media’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Nigel Farage dismisses Reform candidate’s misogynistic comments as ‘pub talk’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNigel Farage defended his Makerfield by-election candidate, Robert Kenyon, over past misogynistic and anti-abortion comments, dismissing them as "pub talk" and "laddish things". Kenyon, a Reform UK candidate, had made comments on a now-deleted X account, including supporting an offensive post about Carol Vorderman, claiming women cannot drive, and stating "I'm sexist". He also described abortion as a "cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby" and suggested women use it for "vanity purposes". Farage, speaking at a press conference in Makerfield, claimed the comments were a decade old and taken out of context, while also unveiling a new tax policy for the self-employed. The Makerfield by-election is scheduled for Thursday 18 June, with growing speculation that Labour's Andy Burnham is expected to win. In full‘So what?’: Farage dismisses Reform candidate’s misogyny as ‘a few laddish things on social media’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
