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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform UK's Makerfield by-election candidate, Robert Kenyon, has faced criticism over a series of offensive social media posts and comments. The now-deleted remarks, made on rugby league forums and X, included transphobic slurs, Covid misinformation, and objectification of women. Kenyon also reportedly described abortion as a 'cowardly act' and appeared to support Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Reform UK has defended Kenyon, with Nigel Farage dismissing the comments as 'laddish things' or 'locker room banter' made before his political career. Kenyon admitted to 'mistakes' on BBC's Question Time, claiming the old comments were taken out of context and asserting his respect for women. In full‘Degrading’ comments and conspiracies: The unearthed posts from Reform’s Makerfield candidateThank 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
Reform’s Makerfield candidate ‘described abortion as cowardly act’
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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleReform UK's Makerfield by-election candidate, Robert Kenyon, has faced criticism over a series of offensive social media posts and comments. The now-deleted remarks, made on rugby league forums and X, included transphobic slurs, Covid misinformation, and objectification of women. Kenyon also reportedly described abortion as a 'cowardly act' and appeared to support Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Reform UK has defended Kenyon, with Nigel Farage dismissing the comments as 'laddish things' or 'locker room banter' made before his political career. Kenyon admitted to 'mistakes' on BBC's Question Time, claiming the old comments were taken out of context and asserting his respect for women. In full‘Degrading’ comments and conspiracies: The unearthed posts from Reform’s Makerfield candidateThank 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
