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Reform UK candidate suspended after Savile tweets

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A Reform UK candidate has been suspended from the party after posts on social media revealed his support for serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile. Stephen Hartley was listed as standing for Reform UK in the Banbury Hardwick ward, ahead of local elections to Oxfordshire County Council on 1 May.

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Party suspends election hopeful who claimed 'role model' Jimmy Savile 'was innocent'

Historic X posts from an Oxfordshire Reform UK candidate which claimed that Jimmy Savile was an “innocent man” and a “working class hero”…

23 hours ago·Oxford, United Kingdom

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Reform UK: Stephen Hartley suspended after pro-Jimmy Savile tweets

Stephen Hartley was announced as a Reform UK candidate in the Banbury Hardwick ward, but has since been suspended.

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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Do You Consider Jimmy Savile To Be Innocent And A Working-Class Hero? A Reform UK Candidate Does - Dorset Eye

Jimmy Savile, a British television and radio personality, was posthumously revealed to have committed numerous sexual offences over several decades. These offences came to light following an ITV documentary in 2012 titled Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile. After this, investigations were launched, most notably by the Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC under Operation Yewtree. However, Stephen Hartley, a Reform UK local elections candidate …

21 hours ago

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Banbury Reform candidate defends Jimmy Savile - Banbury FM

Stephen Hartley is the Reform UK candidate for Banbury Hardwick by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter A Reform UK candidate for the Oxfordshire local elections has claimed that Jimmy Savile was an “innocent man” and a “working class hero” as well as being his “role model”. Stephen Hartley, who is standing for the Banbury Hardwick division in the upcoming county council elections, has received a huge backlash for showing support for the prolif…

23 hours ago

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