Nigel Farage (Image: Julian Hamilton/Daily Mirror) Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Nigel Farage’s Reform
UK party has suspended two Scottish general
election candidates after an investigation claimed they shared posts by prominent far right figures and made hateful comments about trans people. Reform candidates standing in Scottish constituencies in the next UK general election include Stephen McNamara , an alleged self-described "proud tax avoider" who said trans people have a "severe mental illness" and that their "days are numbered". David McNabb, a fellow candidate, allegedly shared a post from far right commentator Katie Hopkins, and another which said First Minister Humza Yousaf should not be able to hold a rugby trophy because he is "more Pakistani than Scottish". Stephen McNamara. Read More Related Articles Boy, 14, rushed to hospital after attack in Glasgow park as teen arrested Read More Related Articles Major
police incident in Glasgow as emergency services descend on city street Reform said it had suspended both candidates and launched an "immediate investigation" after The Ferret website brought the comments to light. Another candidate made derogatory remarks about Catholics and benefit claimants and described Scottish nationalists as Nazis. An investigation by The Ferret website also revealed that Reform UK's
Scotland organiser is a former director of a lobby group set up to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change. Reform, a right-wing populist party founded by Farage and led by Richard Tice, is yet to make an electoral breakthrough north of the Border but has vowed to contest every seat in Scotland,
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WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. The Ferret also looked into public comments made by those which the party lists have chosen to stand in Scottish constituencies so far. McNamara, selected as the candidate for Kilmarnock and Louden, allegedly wrote posts advocating gun ownership. In 2023, he replied to a post featuring a clip of a
BBC interview with a trans person, commenting: "Their days are numbered. Just like the days of trans people are numbered…" In the same year, he branded three Scottish equalities organisations "tax-payer funded paedophile [sic] services." David McNabb. Read More Related Articles Thousands of pounds of fake Scottish notes seized after crooks use self service Read More Related Articles Mum tracks down violent video of "vulnerable" son's arrest as officers probed In February, McNabb, candidate for Mid Dunbartonshire, is said to have shared another X user's post, which included an image of Yousaf – who was born in Glasgow to Pakistani parents – holding a cup won by Scotland's rugby team alongside his wife. It included the comment: "Someone should have taken that off of him and shown both of them out the door. He's more Pakistani than Scottish." He also reportedly shared a video from far-right commentator Hopkins, which accused the UK legal system of treating fellow far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, unfairly. Top news stories today Grieving parents demand justice for tot Dad's knife threat after school fight Mum threw weedkiller in cop's face Scots paedophile
prison death probe Alastair Majury is a former Tory Stirling councillor who, in 2015, reportedly used a
Social Media account to deride benefit claimants, make derogatory remarks about Catholics and said the term Nazi is "an accurate description" of Scottish nationalists. Reform told The Ferret that "the case of Mr Majury is historic and was dealt with whilst he was a Conservative councillor". However, Majury told The Ferret he was not a Reform candidate. He claimed that following media reports about his social media activity, "false and malicious" allegations were made about him and he was cleared by "every single investigation that I was an active participant in". Read More Related Articles Man dead and teen left fighting for life after car crashes into wall Read More Related Articles
fire crews battle huge blaze at "momentous" Scots council building on the market and under offer The former councillor claimed to have left the Scottish Tory party due to "toxic culture, bullying and victim blaming". A Scottish Tory spokesperson said: "Mr Majury made an unreserved apology in 2017 for his previous unacceptable social media activity. "He left the Scottish Conservatives in 2022 after he failed to satisfactorily complete the party's vetting and selection process in place to ensure candidates are suitable to stand for election." Kenneth Morton, the candidate for Angus and Perthshire Glens, allegedly reshared a 2023 post which said: "The alleged climate crisis is the most expensive and devastating lie of all time." The Reform candidates' comments were slammed by other parties. Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman said: "The prejudice, bigotry and transphobia being pushed by these candidates are taken from some of the ugliest parts of the internet and the far right. They have no place in our politics. "But the problem is far greater than Reform. These candidates are just drawing on the broader reactionary bile at the heart of the culture war that far too many politicians, as well as parts of our media, are determined to fight." Reform UK said: "The party has launched an immediate investigation into Mr McNabb and Mr McNamara, who have been suspended." Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Daily Record
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