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

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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.

They haven’t been let off the hook but they’re electorally irrelevant at the moment.

Two years ago the Tories mattered. They were the government. At present they are largely irrelevant so won't attract so much attention. Also, they are benefitting from a favouable comparison with Reform. I'd even vote for them if it was the only way to keep Reform out.

I cannot see why anybody Reform would have an issue as his views are in line with Reform supporters’ views.

I'm a reform voter and have no
problem with this

This was the baffling bit to me. He seems to think women have sex and procreate alone:

1. 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.”

He clearly is a misogynist who rejects any accountability for men when it comes to sex.

Why do they need to? This thread is about Reform. You can start one about the Greens if you wish.

Wes Streeting didn't apologise at the time. He only apologised in the run up to the 2024 GE because the comment resurfaced. So 15 years later. I doubt he would have apologised otherwise.

Thanks for answering. So of all the things that he’s said, you agree with him or don’t care? Calling women who’ve had abortions slags and the stuff about Vorders…. Do you genuinely think that’s appropriate?

And to get banned by X - a vile cesspit - really takes some doing.

Reform is for Daily Mail readers. What else do you need to know?

I am in the Makerfield constituency. I am absolutely itching for him or his lackeys to knock on my door to try and gain support. I will thoroughly enjoy discussing this with them.

Kenyon's masses of SM posts have now surfaced, he and Reform have had plenty of time to apologise

What is stopping him?

Maybe he stands by them?

You would vote for him?

What do you mean “women use abortion as contraception”? For every woman doing that a man is doing that too. Why is the criticism on the woman and not also the man choosing to forego contraception?

I was pretty sure that he did apologise-although frankly, considering the circumstances, I wouldn’t have expected him to apologise. You can surely see that his remarks were in an entirely different league to Kenyon’s.

No I wouldn't vote for him but I don't have to vote for any of the candidates in Makerfield.

I wonder if Jan Moir ever apologised for her comment.

OP, your objections to Kenyon are fluff compared to the much bigger threats to women outlined in my post yesterday, that you have completely ignored. Either engage with people who think differently to you or don't start threads in the first place.

@2dogsandabudgieIncidentally-you do condemn Kenyon’s remarks, don’t you?

I read your post. The victim blaming in the second para was pretty off putting.

I am not sure you care much about threats to women and girls unless those threats come from particular demographics. So I don't blame OP for not bothering to engage.

Welcome to MN btw.

Yes she did.

Read my earlier post to you yesterday?

The paragraph that construed the disgusting tweet to Vorderman as a compliment was pretty vile. I think we can safely assume that poster cares about as much about women as Kenyon does.

I care about all threats to women. I am also able to discern between different scales of threat. Like the OP, you are avoiding my key point, probably because you can't answer it.

I also suspect they are male.

I’d put money on it.