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If you are Reform are you ok with this repulsive man potentially becoming an MP and representing women in parliament?

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Johnogroats · 27/05/2026 14:51

Robert Kenyon, the “cheeky local chappie” who is standing for Reform in Makerfield is on record as making some shockingly sexist comments and statements. Reform are standing by him.

Can I ask the women on here who are Reform voters if they are ok with the him remaining a candidate given what I cite below. Btw I am absolutely not, but I’m not and never will be a Reform voter for a variety of reasons.

  1. Retweeting a post about performing a (graphic description) of a sexual act on Carol Voderman.
  2. He has attacked women as being promiscuous and accused them of taking any decision to have an abortion lightly. He wrote, “reproductive rights, women's rights, they can dress it up all they want.
  3. They're deciding to kill a baby inside the womb. What they mean is they want to shag anyone they want. And if they get caught, they get a second chance and treat it as a secondary, last form of contraception.”

Either you think this is ok (don’t understand how anyone let alone a woman could be ok with it) or presumably you’ll be contacting Tice and Farage etc to drop him.

Interested in your thoughts.

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Warmlight1 · 31/05/2026 09:31

Smeuse · 27/05/2026 16:21

If we start with whataboutery then there is the Reform councillor who said the Holocaust was a hoax, or the one who proposed filling potholes with Nigerians

Which Richard Tice refused to condemn

5128gap · 31/05/2026 09:30

Rbof · 31/05/2026 09:20

How? He had been a great constituency MP and Mayor. He is a good man with good ideas.

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They're terrified that with Burnham at the helm Labour will be re elected.

Warmlight1 · 31/05/2026 09:22

Johnogroats · 27/05/2026 15:47

Great. But let’s focus on the chap at hand. He’s not remotely apologetic. He’s not distanced himself from the comments. And Tuce thinks it’s fine because that’s what working class men think. WTF…. Surely that’s pretty offensive to working class men?

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Well that'd be my point- it is offensive on so many levels. The idea that lower income families are to be gifted people who are making a virtue of ignorant behaviour- ( and remember it's relative- the millionaires making themselves statements dont have to worry) and we should be thankful and also be thankful when millionaires are ignorant
It's breathtakingly offensive.

Rbof · 31/05/2026 09:20

Bushmillsbabe · 31/05/2026 09:04

Of course it is reasonablefor you to have brought your boys up that way, i wish more women did. But given that it's apparently a 2 horse race, taking votes away from Kenyon benefits Burnham.

As abhorrent as Kenyon is, he can do limited damage to the country. Burnham on the other hand could, if gets voted in as party leader, do tremendous damage to this country as a whole.

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How? He had been a great constituency MP and Mayor. He is a good man with good ideas.

Warmlight1 · 31/05/2026 09:13

Tickingcrocodile · 27/05/2026 15:11

I did Google, but I looked at the Green Party candidate for Makerfield as that is what the OP is about, rather than searching for every Green candidate ever to stand for election. I saw that the original candidate for the Green Party stood down after some offensive conspiracy theory remarks he had made about the Jewish ambulance attacks and has been rightfully replaced. Hopefully the Reform candidate will also agree he should be replaced.

No that is rather naive it won't happen. Reform leaders have given him their full backing.

Piggywaspushed · 31/05/2026 09:12

If large numbers of people like Kenyon win at the next election, the harm done to the country will be huge, more than we can even anticipate. Many councils are already experiencing chaos.

Bushmillsbabe · 31/05/2026 09:04

Johnogroats · 27/05/2026 15:45

I can promise you I’m not Labour!
I get that other candidates may be flawed, but my question is about Kenyon. Why did I bring my boys up to respect women and not engage in Locker Room Banter? Because it’s the right thing to do…. Because people (girls, women in particular) deserve to be treated with respect. Is that not a reasonable and rational standpoint?

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Of course it is reasonablefor you to have brought your boys up that way, i wish more women did. But given that it's apparently a 2 horse race, taking votes away from Kenyon benefits Burnham.

As abhorrent as Kenyon is, he can do limited damage to the country. Burnham on the other hand could, if gets voted in as party leader, do tremendous damage to this country as a whole.

WheresMyHatGone · 31/05/2026 07:22

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:50

It is very much a multi faith room

It clearly isn't!

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I live in the bloody town, I should know!
Do you??
You seem such an expert on somewhere you probably couldn’t even point out if you were given a map.

5128gap · 30/05/2026 23:56

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:50

It is very much a multi faith room

It clearly isn't!

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The website clearly states that the venue is open to people 'from all backgrounds'.
The room is a place set aside to pray.
As Muslims tend to have a greater requirement for a place to pray, than, say, Christians, I imagine they will be the people who most frequently use it.
However I'd be very surprised if Christians or those of others faiths wishing to pray while visiting the foodbank are being refused access to the prayer room.
I'm sure we'd have heard if that were the case.

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:51

By replying to me? How peculiar.

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 22:46

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:39

And?

I refer to posters on here and elsewhere claiming it was not a proper church.

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:41

None of this affects the fact that Kenyon is a deeply misogynist man.

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:39

And?

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 22:34

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:29

FGS. It was a school. Then a church took it over. Then the devout masses stopped attending. Then it fell into disused. Then the church agreed to a change of use. Then it didn't sell . Then a community group offered to buy it. So they did.

It was a school. Then a church took it over.

Presumably dedication is the same or similar to consecration. Also, some stained glass windows from the original church were relocated to the new church.

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 22:29

FGS. It was a school. Then a church took it over. Then the devout masses stopped attending. Then it fell into disused. Then the church agreed to a change of use. Then it didn't sell . Then a community group offered to buy it. So they did.

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 22:24

WheresMyHatGone
I have no idea why it's called 'St Mary's Church'. Possibly it's been owned by St Mary's Church and it's easier to call it that than 'the building that's not really the church but is owned by it but used by the school'.

The new St Mary's church was dedicated on 4th August 1978 by the Rt. Rev Michael Henshall, the Bishop of Warrington.

https://www.wiganlocalhistory.org/resources/memories-of-st-mary-ince-1887-2021

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:50

WheresMyHatGone · 30/05/2026 21:33

It is very much a multi faith room.
I have no idea why it's called 'St Mary's Church'. Possibly it's been owned by St Mary's Church and it's easier to call it that than 'the building that's not really the church but is owned by it but used by the school'.
You are sounding like you have something against having a mosque (that's not actually a mosque!) in the community and that's quite sad.

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It is very much a multi faith room

It clearly isn't!

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:47

WheresMyHatGone · 30/05/2026 21:36

The motivation was racist and due to false claims online that it was to be turned into a mosque. From what I remember I don't think they caught the culprits.

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The motivation was racist

How do the police know if they haven't arrested anyone?

due to false claims online that it was to be turned into a mosque

False claims? It's clearly a mosque.

I see that you posted up thread that you live in the Makerfield constituency. You can book a visit to the mosque;
https://www.wiganrashidamasjid.co.uk/bookings/mosque-visit

Petrolitis · 30/05/2026 21:42

Locutus2000 · 27/05/2026 15:09

I'm genuinely interested in how Reform supporters justify the shocking behaviour of so many candidates.

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On a Facebook post about this subject, they didn't even try to justify his behaviour, they just criticised Carol Vorderman's looks. Pretty typical Reform misogynistic voters as you would expect. Sadly quite a few pick me women joining in.

BIossomtoes · 30/05/2026 21:37

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:23

More gaslighting.

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Please explain how that could possibly be gaslighting.

WheresMyHatGone · 30/05/2026 21:36

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:21

From what I understand, the firebomb attack was two years ago - I don't know the motivation for the attack. Did they catch the culprit/s?

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The motivation was racist and due to false claims online that it was to be turned into a mosque. From what I remember I don't think they caught the culprits.

WheresMyHatGone · 30/05/2026 21:33

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 20:29

it isn't, it's a small multi faith prayer room

It's clearly not multi-faith.

The building was never a church

Why was it called St Mary’s Church?

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It is very much a multi faith room.
I have no idea why it's called 'St Mary's Church'. Possibly it's been owned by St Mary's Church and it's easier to call it that than 'the building that's not really the church but is owned by it but used by the school'.
You are sounding like you have something against having a mosque (that's not actually a mosque!) in the community and that's quite sad.

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:23

BIossomtoes · 30/05/2026 21:13

Keep going like this and you’ll soon hit rock bottom. I used to think your defence of the Tories, no matter how awful they were, showed a degree of integrity. I clearly overestimated you.

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More gaslighting.

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 21:21

Piggywaspushed · 30/05/2026 20:57

Do yiu feel at all sad that incitement like this to position people to view repurposing community buildings as having led somehow to 'stealing' a disused building/ place of worship led to it being firebombed?

From what I understand, the firebomb attack was two years ago - I don't know the motivation for the attack. Did they catch the culprit/s?

BIossomtoes · 30/05/2026 21:13

Clavinova · 30/05/2026 20:43

I must admit you’ve gone down in my estimation

Even further? You've said that before. Grin

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Keep going like this and you’ll soon hit rock bottom. I used to think your defence of the Tories, no matter how awful they were, showed a degree of integrity. I clearly overestimated you.