Labour chair Anna Turley has accused Nigel Farage of failing to explain why he is allowing a candidate who admits to being sexist to stand for Reform UK. Robert Kenyon, the party’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, has faced scrutiny over historic social media posts, including one where he said “I’m sexist, sorry but I am.”
Reform UK described the comments as “locker room banter” and emphasised that Kenyon was not a public figure when he made them. However, Labour MP Luke Charters called that excuse “pathetic”. Turley said Farage needed to stop selecting people with “retrograde views”.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a crackdown on teenagers’ use of social media, saying it would be imposed “very quickly” after a government consultation closes. Speaking at a nursery in East Sussex, he stressed the need to protect children online.
Starmer also commented on the SNP embezzlement case, saying party leaders must explain why they did not know that Peter Murrell was stealing over £400,000. Murrell, the former party chief executive and husband of ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon, admitted using donations for luxury goods.
