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Reform Urged to Sack Hampshire Mayor Candidate for 'Go Home' Post
Labour calls for Nigel Farage to dismiss Reform UK's candidate after a racist 'go home' post directed at MP David Lammy sparked controversy.
- On Tuesday, Reform UK faced renewed pressure to drop Chris Parry as its Hampshire and the Solent mayoral candidate after he posted on X last year telling David Lammy to return to the Caribbean where his loyalty lies.
- Mr Lammy’s background explains why the post was widely criticised as racially charged, as David Lammy was born in London to Guyanese parents making the reference central to critics. Labour said it was "staggering" that Nigel Farage had not acted and called the remark racist.
- Senior Reform deputies repeatedly avoided direct condemnation when the post was raised, with Richard Tice refusing to criticise it at a Westminster press conference on Tuesday and Danny Kruger calling it a matter for party leaders.
- Labour warned that inaction would signal a willingness to turn a blind eye to racism, with Anna Turley urging Nigel Farage to sack Chris Parry and warning Reform UK is unfit for high office.
- Mr Parry is a retired Royal Navy rear admiral chosen for the postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election, while Danny Kruger noted the election delay until 2028 and Nigel Farage faces separate allegations he denies.
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Calls for Reform UK to sack Hampshire mayoral candidate after "racist" remarks
Labour have urged Nigel Farage to sack his party's mayoral candidate for the county, after it emerged he had said deputy prime minister David Lammy should "go home" to the Caribbean.
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Reform MP condemned for trying to defend party candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’
Reform UK has failed to stamp out racism and prejudice among its own ranks, with one of its MPs now defending a party candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’. The disgraceful comments were made by Dr Chris Parry, who is running to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent. Farage has come under criticism and pressure to sack Parry, a former senior Royal Navy officer, after his “grotesque” comments embroiled Reform in a fresh vetting scandal. The …
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