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Reform's Makerfield Candidate's deleted SM statements - it tells you all about his grim and disgusting views
He is not fit for office. Did he really think - are Reform really so stupid - or uncaring - they neither did the reasrach, or worse, didnt care?
Here is what he posted. Thank you to Graphite, other thread for revealing this: I felt it needed a separate discussion post.
Its long. I urge GN's to read the lot.
On a deleted social media account, Reform UK’s candidate in the upcoming Makerfield parliamentary by-election, Rob Kenyon, made creepy comments about women, peddled baseless conspiracy theories, and called for a method of torture prohibited by international human rights law.
After Rob Kenyon was announced as Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate earlier this week, it was swiftly revealed that an old Twitter account of his had been suspended. On it, he expressed support for Donald Trump, referred to an “invasion” of asylum seekers (who he described as “illegal enemies”), and criticised government funding to protect Mosques.
Conspiracy theories
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Kenyon peddled baseless conspiracy theories. He suggested the media “were complicit” in “global tyranny” when responding to a post by Peter Sweden, a far-right influencer with a history of Holocaust denial; replied to someone who said the Covid vaccines “help a lot” by commenting, “What a load of crap”; and compared Covid vaccination policies in Australia to Nazism.
The Reform candidate additionally questioned whether the election of Justin Trudeau – who served as prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025 – was “rigged” and pronounced, “He can fuck right off”, in response to the chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty urging people to get the Covid booster vaccine in February 2023. Kenyon told people to “take vitimins [sic]” and “stop having boosters”.
He also believes that climate change is “a middle class problem” and asked whether schools will be “teaching about the ice age and that the world has been getting warmer since then”. In December 2021, he suggested making the conspiracy theorist Neil Oliver a government minister.
Women, gender and sexuality
In several creepy posts about women, Kenyon suggested he would “love to smell & lick” Carol Vorderman’s arsehole said .... he loves how female rugby players handle their knockers ... and wrote: If it’s not tits and arse or rugby its politics
The Reform candidate also explained that he had been blocked from the Sky Sports Rugby League Twitter page because he “said something about womens [sic] rugby* suggested Labour are “the party for trannys”, and wrote, “What does his dick taste like* in response to a man commenting on a rugby player’s guns
Calls for violence
As well as promoting conspiracy theories and making derogatory comments about women, Kenyon has called for violence. On 5 April 2020, before he started promoting Covid conspiracy theories, Kenyon declared that someone eating chips on a beach should be waterboarded – a method of torture which is prohibited by international human rights law.
Two days prior to that he wrote that Richard Branson should be hanged, along with other businessmen, for accepting furlough money to pay their workers as lockdown kicked in.
We now know that he also likes to objectify women, promote conspiracy theories and call for forms of violence which breach international human rights law. Kenyon is totally unfit to represent the people of Makerfield
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/21/reform-candidate-makerfield-kenyon/
AGAA4
Farage's boast about "turning back the boats" appeals to many. They believe that this will make their lives better and won't dig too deeply into the negative side of Reform. They won't turn over the stone to see what nasties crawl out until it's too late.
Yes, it will appeal to many. I wonder if they understand that Labour has had some success in turning them back. Reform hasn't even come up with a realistic plan.
No you didn't twaddle, Bluebelle did.
Oh the greens definitely have vetting issues as well, it happens in every small party once they start gaining popularity.
Galaxy
I am sure they will vote. Am sure those being called poorly educated, racist, etc will vote too. Am sure it will go well.
I didn't mention "poorly educated, racist" voters - I'm not sure why you did.
Galaxy
Oh I had assumed that was tactical from the greens but maybe not.
No, I don’t think it was, it made the BBC headlines.
I guess the Greens have vetting issues too, given that it is also the Reform and Green councillors appointed this moth who are falling like flies by the looks of it. I saw somewhere that over 100 have now been removed, suspended or resigned.
I’m not easily shocked these days but those comments actually made my stomach clench with nausea. What a horrible individual he is.
Oh I had assumed that was tactical from the greens but maybe not.
Oh dear! that’s very unfortunate for Reform.
Clearly not vetting candidates properly. Need to replace him ASAP.
I just heard on the news that the Green candidate has withdrawn following an inappropriate Facebook post. The party said they were nominating somebody else to stand, which set me wondering how near to an election date can that be done?
If this Reform man has posted what is alleged, surely he will be removed and somebody else nominated instead, provided they act in whatever timescale exists?
Farage's boast about "turning back the boats" appeals to many. They believe that this will make their lives better and won't dig too deeply into the negative side of Reform. They won't turn over the stone to see what nasties crawl out until it's too late.
Twasske I too voted tactically but it didn’t help unfortunately
37% voted in my area and that’s disgusting
I am sure they will vote. Am sure those being called poorly educated, racist, etc will vote too. Am sure it will go well.
There's a letter in my local paper claiming that Reform won over 60% of the local election seats on just over 30% of the votes. I can't check whether it's true because I haven't counted, but it's about the same as the number of votes/HoP seats the Labour Party has (result of the voting system).
If it's true, those people who are horrified by Reform need to make sure they vote. Nearly half of those eligible to vote in the local elections didn't. Their votes could have made a huge difference. Like many other people, I voted tactically - and miraculously won (first time ever). I don't agree with all the manifesto of the party I voted for, but I looked at the bigger picture and the alternatives.
I think it would be a tragedy if we ended up being governed by a party on the extreme end of the political spectrum, who have shown that they are inexperienced chancers out for themselves, who don't stand up for the people who feel left behind and vote for them. People need to vote!
Has anyone kept a running total of who has resigned or been suspended or otherwise disappeared since the council elections
There have been many I believe in double figures ??
Luckygirl3
This is simply who they are. My fear is that the people who vote for them are similar - then we need to really start worrying.
Many of them are similar, that is why it’s so frightening, the rest are poorly, educated, yobbish and jumping on the bandwagon and probably many are living off the NHS which will be decapitated if Farage ever gets hold,
He’s a nasty misogynist and proven racist who attracts like minded and the ignorant.
Are any of the MSM outlets picking this up?
Disgusting post about a disgusting person.
Not so different from Trump views and look where they've got him 😡
What they will say is that it is all lies designed to stop him being elected.
Makerfield deserves better than this Reform UK MP wannabe. Sickening comments. Sadly such comments, beliefs and values are not unusual from Reform UK candidates/councillors.
I just read up on local news and one of our new Reform councillors has been suspended for similar remarks (not quite as bad, but bad enough!)
and the man has the cheek to stay on as an Indpendent
Misogyny crawls out of Reform again.
Well that is indeed the point, Luckygirl3 - there are people like that and as per over many other GN threads the effects of generations of boys bought up like that
and sadly the women in their lives either squished or going along with it "boys will be boys har har" are involved too.
This is simply who they are. My fear is that the people who vote for them are similar - then we need to really start worrying.
Cossy
What a truly and utterly disgusting man and he’s the best Farage can come up with?
Very true.
But will all this stop the faithful from voting for him?
I fear some Reform supporters are like Trump supporters inasmuch as they either don’t care about this kind of behaviour or behave in a similar way themselves. Perhaps is a bit of both.
Hol throw them out!
The problem with Reform, as I see it, is that everything is just one big game to Farage, he truly comes across, to me, as someone who just wants to push, push, push, then take a step back and watch the carnage he creates, with a froggy grin.
He’s a very dangerous individual and counts in the fact that many (not all) of his supporters have not the slightest clue how Parliament actually operates.
Fast forward to 2029, let’s say Farage does get enough MPs (from defected Tories?) to form a minority govt and does so with the Tories (maybe).
He then attempts to push through his most popular “pledges” let’s call them, and manages to get them through the HoC, then the HoL through them out.
Then his dubious tax “pledges” go through and crash our economy.
Then he breaks both national and international asylum and maritime law when he “turns the boats back”
Then our NHS and care homes disintegrate as all non-white people are sent “home”.
Then Nige blames of his voters for all that’s gone wrong, leading to anarchy and riots in the streets.
Then…. 🙈🤷🏻♀️
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