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Reform UK Sparks Walkout After Anti-Refugee, Anti-Nurse Remarks

6/28/2026

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Reform UK’s aggressive tactics have raised concerns that the Welsh Senedd could become a hostile workplace for minority voices.
Reform chairs five of the Senedd’s thirteen committees and saw its lobbying-register motion pass with cross-party support.
Plaid Cymru lodged a complaint after Reform MS Joe Martins accused Ukrainian refugees of crime and Indian nurses of taking Welsh jobs, prompting a walkout and a rebuke from the Senedd presiding officer.

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Reform UK’s aggressive tactics have raised concerns that the Welsh Senedd could become a hostile workplace for minority voices.
Reform chairs five of the Senedd’s thirteen committees and saw its lobbying-register motion pass with cross-party support.
Plaid Cymru lodged a complaint after Reform MS Joe Martins accused Ukrainian refugees of crime and Indian nurses of taking Welsh jobs, prompting a walkout and a rebuke from the Senedd presiding officer.