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.

Andy Burnham doesn't have my support - is there an alternative candidate who might beat Burnham? In any case I prefer a fair fight - we can't have the lefties spreading lies about the right-wing candidate.

You support Reform as it is a two way fight.

I don't support Labour - who else is there?

Lies don't need to be spread. His words, actions and the people he associates with are enough to tell us he is a vile, bigoted misogynist.

Exactly. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

As I said, you support Reform and Kenyon's views.

That is your choice, I am not going to argue with that.

Lies don't need to be spread

And yet the Observer's subheading claims something he didn't say at all and the London Economic has published a lengthy article claiming he lied about the church in Wigan now being a mosque - when in fact the building is now a mosque.

As I said, you support Reform and Kenyon's views

No, I don't.

Then maybe stop defending them? Your constant posting in their defence can only lead logically to the conclusion that you support them.

And let Andy Burnham/Labour have a free pass. No chance.

So what if it's a mosque (it isn't, it's a small multi faith prayer room in a community hub that provides a food bank). The building was never a church, it was part of the school buildings and had lain empty and unused for years. I would rather it be turned into a mosque/prayer room/food bank that helps the community than lay empty and be prone to vandalism. It is in a deprived area of the town and many people use it.

You think your posting on MN has any impact on how people vote? Seriously? It’s just a hobby.

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?

It's just a hobby for me as well.

That what I said. Your posts make no difference to anything but I must admit you’ve gone down in my estimation with your defence of Reform. I thought you were better than that.

I must admit you’ve gone down in my estimation

Even further? You've said that before.

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?

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.

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?

More gaslighting.

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.

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.

Please explain how that could possibly be gaslighting.

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.

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