Reform UK’s candidate to take on Andy Burnham in a crunch by-election next month once said women get abortions for “vanity purposes” and want to “shag anyone they want”. The i Paper has seen a file of past social media posts from Robert Kenyon in which he aired anti-abortion views described by Labour as “toxic”. The 41 year-old self-employed plumber is the main obstacle Burnham faces as he attempts to return to Parliament as an MP in the Makerfield by-election on 18 June. Burnham is expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership in an attempt to take […]

Hope Not Hate has shared now-deleted posts attributed to Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon

Reform UK’s candidate to take on Andy Burnham in a crunch by-election next month once said women get abortions for “vanity purposes” and want to “shag anyone they want”. The i…

Exclusive: An account linked to Robert Kenyon claimed ‘English women just walk around with their fat bellies and odd shapes pushing a pram at 16’

Reform's by-election candidate in Makerfield, plumber Robert Kenyon, is under fire for vile comments about Carol Vorderman in a now-deleted social media post

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Reform’s by-election candidate Robert Kenyon is under fire over lewd remarks reportedly made on rugby league forums, including claiming women have abortions for 'vanity purposes'

Robert Kenyon has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks over a series of resurfaced social media posts