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Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon condemned for offensive posts

6/16/2026

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Robert Kenyon, Reform UK candidate, faces criticism for past offensive social-media posts during the Makerfield by-election.
The posts combined misogynistic, transphobic and conspiratorial content, including demeaning remarks about Emma Crosby and The Saturdays, and led Labour chair Anna Turley to condemn him.
Reform UK defended the remarks as pre-political “locker-room banter.”
Nigel Farage said the party remains unapologetic.

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Robert Kenyon, Reform UK candidate, faces criticism for past offensive social-media posts during the Makerfield by-election.
The posts combined misogynistic, transphobic and conspiratorial content, including demeaning remarks about Emma Crosby and The Saturdays, and led Labour chair Anna Turley to condemn him.
Reform UK defended the remarks as pre-political “locker-room banter.”
Nigel Farage said the party remains unapologetic.