Reform UK candidates have ‘posted hate, pushed far-right conspiracies and praised extremists’, investigation finds ++

https://leftfootforward.org/2025/04/reform-uk-candidates-have-posted-hate-pushed-far-right-conspiracies-and-praised-extremists-investigation-finds/?mc_cid=adc622ebd6&mc_eid=974ea6f898 Ahead of the local elections due to take place next week, which are seen as a key litmus test for Reform UK, a number of the far-right party’s candidates have been found once again to have posted hateful and extremist content online. Even as party leader Nigel Farage insists that they are taking the vetting of candidates seriously, an investigation by anti-extremist group Hope not Hate ahead of the upcoming local elections has found candidates who have called for ‘one big nuke bomb’ to remove Islam from the world, as well as others who have promoted the conspiracy theory that Muslims are seeking to “supplant the native population” in the UK. That Reform is comfortable with fielding such candidates speaks volumes about the kinds of values it holds. Read more on Hope not Hate’s investigation here. On the topic of Reform, the party is also proudly soliciting donations from oil and gas executives. The Financial Times has revealed that Nigel Farage’s party is seeking to secure donations from the fossil fuel industry. The paper also reports that Reform is ‘launching a drive to raise funds from wealthy offshore donors in low-tax jurisdictions including Monaco, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, taking advantage of Britain’s loose funding rules to bolster its coffers’. So much for being an anti-establishment party, Reform will be funded by rich oil and gas donors. Rather than being a party for the people, it’s a party for corporate interests. Basit Reform UK is soliciting donations from oil and gas executives https://leftfootforward.org/2025/04/reform-uk-is-soliciting-donations-from-oil-and-gas-executives/?mc_cid=adc622ebd6&mc_eid=974ea6f898