Reform candidate in Erewash disowns party after racism claims
The Reform UK candidate for Erewash has left the party just days before the General Election after he claimed there was a “significant moral issue” with some members of the organisation.
The move comes just days after a Channel 4 News investigation found Reform UK members and canvassers using racist and derogatory language – some against Rishi Sunak – that was secretly filmed.
Now, Liam Booth-Isherwood, who works for pub company Greene King, has said he is throwing his weight behind the Tory candidate in Erewash.
On Sunday (June 30), he said: “I am today announcing my decision to leave the Reform Party and have suspended my campaign as the Reform candidate for Erewash with immediate effect.
“Over the past few weeks, I have been increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and conduct of Reform.
“Whilst I have campaigned alongside many decent, honest and hardworking people during the course of the General Election campaign in Erewash, the reports of widespread racism and sexism in Reform have made clear that there is a significant moral issue within certain elements of the party, and the failure of the Party’s leadership to not only take this matter seriously, but also to fundamentally address it, has made clear to me that this is no longer a party I want to be associated with.
“As a result, I am announcing my endorsement of the Conservative Party candidate, Maggie Throup, for Erewash. Only she can stop Labour.”
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform, has publicly said that he believes the Reform UK activist filmed making racist comments about Rishi Sunak is an actor.
