Reform UK drops two more candidates over offensive social media posts

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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has banned two more candidates from the election and suspended a third over a series of offensive remarks, including an insult about “brown babies”.
The right-wing challenger party has suspended its South Shropshire candidate, Pete Addis, after a series of comments posted online came to light.
Vulgar social media posts uncovered by the Mail on Sunday showed he called for Sir David Attenborough to be “killed” and made a racist joke about “brown babies”.
Richard Tice is the leader of Reform UK, which was set up by Nigel Farage as the Brexit Party (PA Wire)
The Reform Party said having deposed Mr Addis, as well as Amodio Amato, who allegedly declared that London was an "Islamic state" and that there was "a Muslim army led by Sadiq Khan".
A spokesperson party word said: “Amodio Amato and Pete Addis have been removed from their candidacy with immediate effect, for comments that clearly violate every basic idea of decency. Iris Leask has been suspended pending further investigation. »
Ms. Leask reportedly called on meat eaters to “eat other humans” and “wipe out the human race.”
Mr. Addis told the Mail on Sunday that he “obviously” regretted his remarks and that it was a “joke”.
They are just the latest British reformist candidates to be dismissed following accusations. they posted racist or offensive messages on social media.
Campaign group Hope Not Hate found tweets from candidates Jonathan Kay and Mick Greenhough in which they made derogatory comments about Muslims and blacks.

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Reform UK drops two more candidates over offensive social media posts

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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has banned two more candidates from the election and suspended a third over a series of offensive remarks, including an insult about “brown babies”.

The right-wing challenger party has suspended its South Shropshire candidate, Pete Addis, after a series of comments posted online came to light.

Vulgar social media posts uncovered by the Mail on Sunday showed he called for Sir David Attenborough to be “killed” and made a racist joke about “brown babies”.

Richard Tice is the leader of Reform UK, which was set up by Nigel Farage as the Brexit Party (PA Wire)

The Reform Party said having deposed Mr Addis, as well as Amodio Amato, who allegedly declared that London was an "Islamic state" and that there was "a Muslim army led by Sadiq Khan".

A spokesperson party word said: “Amodio Amato and Pete Addis have been removed from their candidacy with immediate effect, for comments that clearly violate every basic idea of decency. Iris Leask has been suspended pending further investigation. »

Ms. Leask reportedly called on meat eaters to “eat other humans” and “wipe out the human race.”

Mr. Addis told the Mail on Sunday that he “obviously” regretted his remarks and that it was a “joke”.

They are just the latest British reformist candidates to be dismissed following accusations. they posted racist or offensive messages on social media.

Campaign group Hope Not Hate found tweets from candidates Jonathan Kay and Mick Greenhough in which they made derogatory comments about Muslims and blacks.