Reform says it will take no action against two Hounslow councillors
Reform UKPolitical party speaking through a spokesman
A Reform UK spokesman says Hounslow councillors Adam Parkins and David Kerr were giving personal opinions in what they believed was a private conversation. The party says it will take no further action against them.
“Cllrs Parkins and Kerr were giving their own personal opinions on the death penalty for members of child rape gangs in what they believed was a private conversation. We will not be taking further action against them.”
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Other statements by Reform UK in this case
- Reform describes vetting failures as a handful of individualsEarlier: Minimized
Where this statement fits
Farage defends Reform's vetting after ITV films racist remarks
ITV News published undercover reporting of racist and sexist remarks by Reform UK councillors and candidates. Nigel Farage defended the party's vetting and disciplinary response. Critics, including Labour chair Bridget Phillipson and ITV political editor Robert Peston, argued that the findings raised questions about leadership and checks on past conduct.
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GB News quotes a Reform UK spokesman saying the party will take no further action against Hounslow councillors Adam Parkins and David Kerr. The article was updated on October 21.
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The report quotes the same Reform UK spokesman statement on Parkins and Kerr, alongside the party's suspension of activist Jason Powell.
Before the quotation
Parkins and Kerr, Reform councillors in Hounslow, were filmed by an undercover ITV reporter talking about executing grooming gang members. The spokesman says investigations have commenced where members, activists and councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately, with suspensions in some cases.
After the quotation
The same reports say Reform suspended activist Jason Powell, who was filmed saying you cannot be a Muslim and British, while it carries out an internal investigation.
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Why this label?
The party defends its decision not to discipline two councillors filmed talking about executing grooming gang members, describing their remarks as private personal opinions. That defends the disciplinary response under scrutiny; it is more than downplaying the remarks because it states a decision that no action is needed.
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