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Reform Candidate Robert Kenyon’s Vorderman Abuse Sparks Calls for Removal

5/29/2026

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Robert Kenyon, Reform Party’s Makerfield by-election candidate, posted vulgar remarks about former Countdown star Carol Vorderman on X and later deleted them without apologising.
Carol Vorderman told The Mirror she wants an apology from Kenyon for his online abuse.
Reform MP Danny Kruger called the remarks inappropriate but said they were private.
Ex-Labour minister Louise Haigh said Reform failed to vet Kenyon and should drop him as a candidate.

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Robert Kenyon, Reform Party’s Makerfield by-election candidate, posted vulgar remarks about former Countdown star Carol Vorderman on X and later deleted them without apologising.
Carol Vorderman told The Mirror she wants an apology from Kenyon for his online abuse.
Reform MP Danny Kruger called the remarks inappropriate but said they were private.
Ex-Labour minister Louise Haigh said Reform failed to vet Kenyon and should drop him as a candidate.