'Reform candidate row shows party happy to turn a blind eye to rank misogyny'

'Nigel Farage's Reform UK needs to ditch misogyny and show standards of decency'

Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon posted lewd remarks about Carol Vorderman online; a senior party figure dismissed them as "pub chat," reigniting scrutiny over the party's candidate vetting failures. Repeated governance gaps at candidate-selection level signal that Reform lacks the institutional discipline expected of a party seeking power — a pattern relevant to any stakeholder assessing political risk in the UK.