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Reform UK MP Danny Kruger has defended the party’s Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon after past social media posts were criticised as inappropriate.
ITV reported that Kenyon had used a now-deleted X account to support an offensive post about Carol Vorderman. Kruger told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the comments were clearly inappropriate publicly, but argued that Kenyon had not been a politician at the time and had been speaking as a private individual.
The row has added pressure to Reform’s campaign in Makerfield, where Andy Burnham is attempting to return to Westminster for Labour. Reform has said it has no plans to investigate Kenyon’s previous social media use.